CVE-2021-40062
Published: 10 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-40062 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 49.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-27252
Vulnerability details
There is a vulnerability of copying input buffer without checking its size in the video framework. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
- 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.