VDB-187801 · CVE-2021-37049 · GCVE-0-2021-37049

Huawei Smartphone heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Smartphone. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-37049. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Smartphone (Smartphone Operating System) (unknown version). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 12/08/2021. The advisory is shared at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-37049 since 07/20/2021. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/11/2021).

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

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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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 🔍
12/08/2021 +141 days 🔍
12/08/2021 +0 days 🔍
12/11/2021 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-37049 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-37049
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-187801

Entryinfo

Created: 12/08/2021 20:22
Updated: 12/11/2021 14:35
Changes: 12/08/2021 20:22 (36), 12/11/2021 14:33 (1), 12/11/2021 14:35 (18)
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