CVE-2021-36994 (GCVE-0-2021-36994)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-28 12:26 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:09
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Summary
There is a issue that trustlist strings being repeatedly inserted into the linked list in Huawei Smartphone due to race conditions. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause exceptions when managing the system trustlist.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Competitive Condition Vulnerability
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Huawei EMUI Affected: 11.0.0
Affected: 10.1.1
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Huawei Magic UI Affected: 4.0.0
Affected: 3.1.1
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