CVE-2021-40035
Published: 10 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-40035 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Huawei Emui. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 42.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-27225
Vulnerability details
There is a Buffer overflow vulnerability due to a boundary error with the Samba server in the file management module in smartphones. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect function stability.
- 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.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.