CVE-2021-22427
Published: 02 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-22427 is a high-severity Race Condition (CWE-362) vulnerability in Huawei Emui. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 43.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-9573
Vulnerability details
There is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to authentication bypass.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Accurate timestamps from internal clocks enable detection of race conditions by providing reliable event ordering in audit logs.
Coordination of concurrent security activities reduces the probability that shared resources will be accessed simultaneously without proper synchronization.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.