CVE-2016-6181
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Camera driver in Huawei Honor 4C smartphones (CHM-UL00C00, CHM-TL00C01, CHM-TL00C00) contains a vulnerability that allows a crafted application to trigger either a denial of service (system crash) or privilege escalation. This is a kernel-level driver flaw where insufficient input validation in the camera driver permits arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= chm-tl00c01_b535= chm-tl00c01b556= chm-tl00hc00_b535= chm-tl00hc00b556= chm-ul00c00b535= chm-ul00c00b556CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify device modelGo to Settings > About Phone and verify the model is Huawei Honor 4C (CHM-UL00, CHM-TL00, or CHM-TL00HC variant)Affected if Device model is Honor 4C with any of the affected sub-variants
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Check firmware build numberGo to Settings > About Phone > Build Number and compare the exact build string against the affected versions: chm-tl00c01_b535, chm-tl00c01b556, chm-tl00hc00_b535, chm-tl00hc00b556, chm-ul00c00b535, chm-ulul00b556Affected if Build number exactly matches any of the six listed vulnerable firmware versions
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Confirm camera driver presenceCheck that the Camera application is installed and functional on the device; the vulnerable kernel driver is loaded when camera hardware is accessedAffected if Camera functionality exists on the device (the vulnerable driver code is present in the firmware)
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Verify firmware is not patchedConfirm the build number does NOT equal or exceed B564 (CHM-UL00C00B564, CHM-TL00C01B564, or CHM-TL00HC00B564)Affected if Firmware version is below B564 and matches the affected build numbers
A user is affected if they own a Huawei Honor 4C with a firmware build number exactly matching one of the six vulnerable versions (B535 or B556 variants) and the camera driver is present on the device.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor-supplied firmware update (CHM-UL00C00B564, CHM-TL00C01B564, or CHM-TL00HC00B564 or later) to patch the camera driver. Users should avoid installing applications from untrusted sources until the device is updated.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2016-6181 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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