CVE-2021-40025
Published: 10 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-40025 is a high-severity Improper Initialization (CWE-665) vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 40.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-27215
Vulnerability details
The eID module has a vulnerability that causes the memory to be used without being initialized,Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect data confidentiality.
- 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.
Ensures shared resources are explicitly initialized or cleared on allocation, preventing exposure of prior contents to new users or processes.
Mandates that every instance begins in a known (presumably clean) state, eliminating reliance on residual or uninitialized state left by prior executions.