CVE-2021-37045
Published: 08 December 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-37045 is a critical-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked at the 39.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-23621
Vulnerability details
There is an UAF vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the device to restart unexpectedly and the kernel-mode code to be executed.
- 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.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.