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CVE-2021-37022 (GCVE-0-2021-37022)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-23 15:26 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:09
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Summary
There is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause root permission which can be escalated.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Huawei HarmonyOS Affected: 2.0
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