What is CVE-2021-22385?

CVE-2021-22385 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2021-22385?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Emui

CVE-2021-22385

A component of the Huawei smartphone has a External Control of System or Configuration Setting vulnerability. Local attackers may exploit this vulnerability to cause Kernel Code Execution.

Published 2021-08-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Emui — versions 10.1.0, 10.1.1, 11.0.0
Huawei Magic Ui — versions 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 4.0.0
Emui;magic Ui;harmonyos — versions EMUI 11.0.0,EMUI 10.1.1,EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 4.0.0,Magic UI 3.1.1,Magic UI 3.1.0, HarmonyOS 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2021/6/ (Vendor Advisory)
device.harmonyos.com/cn/docs/security/update/oem_security_update_phone_202106-0… (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22385?: CVE-2021-22385 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2021-22385?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.