FKIE_CVE-2021-36997

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-10-28 13:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:59
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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.
References
psirt@huawei.comhttps://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2021/7/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2021/7/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
huawei emui 10.1.1
huawei emui 11.0.0
huawei magic_ui 3.1.1
huawei magic_ui 4.0.0
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