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CVE-2016-6179

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The WiFi driver in Huawei Honor 6 smartphones with software H60-L01 before H60-L01C00B850, H60-L11 before H60-L11C00B850, H60-L21 before H60-L21C00B850, H60-L02 before H60-L02C00B850, H60-L12 before H60-L12C00B850, and H60-L03 before H60-L03C01B850 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges via a crafted application.

Affected products

• Huawei Honor 6 Firmware: from h60-l01 through h60-l01c00b850; from h60-l02 through h60-l02c00b850; from h60-l03 through h60-l03c01b850; from h60-l11 through h60-l11c00b850; from h60-l12 through h60-l12c00b850; from h60-l21 through h60-l21c00b850

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160713-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91773
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160713-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91773

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