Vulnerability · Published Oct 28, 2021 · Assigned by huawei

CVE-2021-36987

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in EMUI from Huawei. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

There is a issue that nodes in the linked list being freed for multiple times in Huawei Smartphone due to race conditions. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause the system to restart.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Huawei EMUI 11.0.010.1.1
Huawei Magic UI 4.0.03.1.1

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