PT-2021-5201 · Huawei · Huawei Smartphone

Published 2021-09-01 · Updated 2021-12-07 · CVE-2021-37046

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Huawei Smartphone (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a memory leak vulnerability in the codec detection module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the device to restart due to memory exhaustion. It is also associated with incorrect memory release before removing the last reference, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-06003

CVE-2021-37046

Affected Products

Huawei Smartphone

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37046 · Security Note
• https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2021/9 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-37046 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-06003 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/33461 · Telegram Post