VDB-185657 · CVE-2021-36997 · GCVE-0-2021-36997

Huawei Smartphone Gallery App/Files App resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Huawei Smartphone and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Gallery App/Files App. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-36997. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Smartphone (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Gallery App/Files App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was disclosed 10/28/2021. The advisory is shared at consumer.huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-36997 since 07/20/2021. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/28/2021). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

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

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Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

Name

Smartphone

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/20/2021 🔍
10/28/2021 +100 days 🔍
10/28/2021 +0 days 🔍
11/01/2021 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-36997 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-36997
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-185657

Entryinfo

Created: 10/28/2021 20:12
Updated: 11/01/2021 15:01
Changes: 10/28/2021 20:12 (37), 11/01/2021 15:01 (1)
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