CVE-2021-46852 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The memory management module has the logic bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect data confidentiality.

Published: 2022-11-09

Score: 7.5 High

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	—

Huawei

EMUI

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`12.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:12.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:2.0:::::::*

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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-2021-33506	The memory management module has the logic bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect data confidentiality.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00112.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2022/11/
https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-phones-202211-0000001441016433

History

Thu, 01 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Huawei Emui Harmonyos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published: 2022-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-01T17:34:36.259Z

Reserved: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-46852

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:17:42.716Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-09T21:15:13.230

Modified: 2025-05-01T18:15:47.070

Link: CVE-2021-46852

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-306

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