CVE-2021-46868 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The HW_KEYMASTER module has a problem in releasing memory.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in out-of-bounds memory access.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Huawei	Emui Harmonyos

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2023/1/
https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202301-0000001435541166

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published: 2023-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T13:48:22.184Z

Reserved: 2022-12-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-46868

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:17:42.806Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-06T20:15:09.637

Modified: 2025-04-10T14:15:21.570

Link: CVE-2021-46868

Redhat

No data.

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