CVE-2021-40059
There is a permission control vulnerability in the Wi-Fi module. Successful exploitation of this...
There is a permission control vulnerability in the Wi-Fi module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect confidentiality.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
There is a permission control vulnerability in the Wi-Fi module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect confidentiality.
- Record
CVE-2021-40059- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 Low
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
There is a permission control vulnerability in the Wi-Fi module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect confidentiality.
- Record
CVE-2021-40059- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-27249 No score
There is a permission control vulnerability in the Wi-Fi module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect confidentiality.
- Record
EUVD-2021-27249- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mq6f-mmpc-jgrr
There is a permission control vulnerability in the Wi-Fi module. Successful exploitation of this...
There is a permission control vulnerability in the Wi-Fi module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect confidentiality.
- Record
GHSA-mq6f-mmpc-jgrr- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-276
- 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-2021-40059 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Huawei Emui, published March 7, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.