CVE-2021-36997 (GCVE-0-2021-36997)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-28 12:27 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:09
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Summary
There is a Low memory error in Huawei Smartphone due to the unlimited size of images to be parsed.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the Gallery or Files app to exit unexpectedly.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • Heap-based聽Buffer聽Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Huawei EMUI Affected: 11.0.0
Affected: 10.1.1
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Huawei Magic UI Affected: 4.0.0
Affected: 3.1.1
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