What is CVE-2021-36997?

CVE-2021-36997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-36997?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Emui

CVE-2021-36997

There is a Low memory error in Huawei Smartphone due to the unlimited size of images to be parsed.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the Gallery or Files app to exit unexpectedly.

EPSS: 0.006 (47.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

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

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36997?: CVE-2021-36997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-36997?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.