CVE-2021-37046
There is a Memory leak vulnerability with the codec detection module in Huawei Smartphone...
There is a Memory leak vulnerability with the codec detection module in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the device to restart due to memory exhaustion.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
There is a Memory leak vulnerability with the codec detection module in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the device to restart due to memory exhaustion.
- Record
CVE-2021-37046- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
There is a Memory leak vulnerability with the codec detection module in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the device to restart due to memory exhaustion.
- Record
CVE-2021-37046- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-23622 No score
There is a Memory leak vulnerability with the codec detection module in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the device to restart due to memory exhaustion.
- Record
EUVD-2021-23622- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5vp7-vvx6-j367 No score
There is a Memory leak vulnerability with the codec detection module in Huawei Smartphone...
There is a Memory leak vulnerability with the codec detection module in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the device to restart due to memory exhaustion.
- Record
GHSA-5vp7-vvx6-j367- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-37046 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Huawei Emui, published December 7, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.