Vulnerability in Huawei Emui
CVE-2021-36987
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.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Huawei Emui — versions 11.0.0, 10.1.1
- Huawei Magic Ui — versions 4.0.0, 3.1.1
- Huawei Magic Ui — versions 3.1.1, 4.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2021/7/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-36987?
- CVE-2021-36987 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2021-10-28.
- How severe is CVE-2021-36987?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.