CVE-2021-40026
Published: 10 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-40026 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Huawei Emui. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 28.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-27216
Vulnerability details
There is a Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the AOD module in smartphones. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service integrity.
- 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.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.