Vulnerability · Published Jul 6, 2023 · Assigned by huawei

CVE-2021-46894

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity privilege mismanagement 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 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 60.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Use After Free (UAF) vulnerability in the uinput module.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to kernel privilege escalation.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Huawei HarmonyOS 2.0.0
Huawei EMUI 12.0.0

Weakness: CWE-269

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