Huawei Smartphone Kernel null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability was found in Huawei Smartphone (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was released 01/04/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-39973 since 08/23/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/04/2022).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-187779, VDB-187807, VDB-189616 and VDB-189630.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

Name

Smartphone

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/23/2021 🔍
01/04/2022 +134 days 🔍
01/04/2022 +0 days 🔍
01/06/2022 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-39973 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/04/2022 07:47 AM
Updated: 01/06/2022 08:51 AM
Changes: 01/04/2022 07:47 AM (37), 01/06/2022 08:51 AM (1)
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