CVE-2021-39990 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The screen lock module has a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect user experience.

Published: 2022-01-03

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Huawei

HarmonyOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-26346	The screen lock module has a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect user experience.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00254.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202111-0000001217889667

History

Thu, 22 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Huawei Harmonyos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published: 2022-01-03T21:07:39.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-22T18:46:43.868Z

Reserved: 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-39990

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:20:34.198Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-03T22:15:11.030

Modified: 2025-05-22T19:15:27.140

Link: CVE-2021-39990

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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