CVE-2021-36999
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 28, 2021 at 12:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:59 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEMUIMagic UI
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
There is a Buffer overflow vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability by sending malicious images and inducing users to open the images may cause remote code execution.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2021/7/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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