What is CVE-2016-6181?

CVE-2016-6181 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Honor 4c, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2016-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-6181?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Honor 4c

CVE-2016-6181

The Camera driver in Huawei Honor 4C smartphones with software CHM-UL00C00 before CHM-UL00C00B564, CHM-TL00C01 before CHM-TL00C01B564, and CHM-TL00C00 before CHM-TL00HC00B564 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges via a crafted application, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6180, CVE-2016-6182, CVE-2016-6183, and CVE-2016-6184.

Published 2016-09-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Honor 4c
Huawei Honor 4c Firmware — versions chm-tl00c01_b535, chm-tl00c01b556, chm-tl00hc00_b535

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160716-01-smartphone-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6181?: CVE-2016-6181 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Honor 4c, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2016-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-6181?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.