CVE-2021-46868 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The HW_KEYMASTER module has a problem in releasing memory.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in out-of-bounds memory access.

Published: 2023-01-06

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

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

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-33522	The HW_KEYMASTER module has a problem in releasing memory.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in out-of-bounds memory access.

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 0.00131.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2023/1/
https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202301-0000001435541166

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +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: 2023-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T13:48:22.184Z

Reserved: 2022-12-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-46868

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:17:42.806Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-06T20:15:09.637

Modified: 2025-04-10T14:15:21.570

Link: CVE-2021-46868

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-125

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