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CVE-2021-37022

There is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation...

9.8 Critical

There is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause root permission which can be escalated.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.96%Up 0.5 points since Nov 24, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used9.8

There is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause root permission which can be escalated.

Record
CVE-2021-37022
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

There is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause root permission which can be escalated.

Record
CVE-2021-37022
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-23598No score

There is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause root permission which can be escalated.

Record
EUVD-2021-23598
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cgv7-mrmg-p534No score

There is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation...

There is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause root permission which can be escalated.

Record
GHSA-cgv7-mrmg-p534
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-37022 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Huawei Harmonyos, published November 23, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.96%, the 61st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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