Vulnerability · Published Jan 7, 2022 · Assigned by huawei

CVE-2021-40037

Medium 5.5

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 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

There is a Vulnerability of accessing resources using an incompatible type (type confusion) in the MPTCP subsystem in smartphones. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the system to crash and restart.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Huawei EMUI 12.0.011.0.111.0.010.1.110.1.010.0.0
Huawei Magic UI 4.0.03.1.13.1.03.0.0
Huawei HarmonyOS 2.0

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