CVE-2021-22385 (GCVE-0-2021-22385)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-10 13:04 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:44
VLAI
Summary
A component of the Huawei smartphone has a External Control of System or Configuration Setting vulnerability. Local attackers may exploit this vulnerability to cause Kernel Code Execution.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • External Control of System or Configuration Setting
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a EMUI;Magic UI;HarmonyOS Affected: EMUI 11.0.0,EMUI 10.1.1,EMUI 10.1.0
Affected: Magic UI 4.0.0,Magic UI 3.1.1,Magic UI 3.1.0
Affected: HarmonyOS 2.0
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