Huawei HarmonyOS NFC Module heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Huawei HarmonyOS. Impacted is an unknown function of the component NFC Module. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2021-39996. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS (affected version not known). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component NFC Module. 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 presented 01/10/2022. The advisory is available at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-39996 since 08/23/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/10/2022).

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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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Remote: Partially

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Timelineinfo

08/23/2021 🔍
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01/12/2022 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-39996 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-39996
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-189898

Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2022 19:48
Updated: 01/12/2022 13:26
Changes: 01/10/2022 19:48 (15), 01/10/2022 19:49 (21), 01/12/2022 13:26 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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