CVE-2021-40017 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The HW_KEYMASTER module lacks the validity check of the key format. 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 High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Huawei	Emui Harmonyos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:11.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:12.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:2.0:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2022/10/
https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-phones-202209-0000001392278845

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00152}`	epss `{'score': 0.00162}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published: 2022-09-16T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:27:30.453Z

Reserved: 2021-08-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-40017

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-16T18:15:11.457

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:23:23.460

Link: CVE-2021-40017

Redhat

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