CVE-2021-22301 Memory corruption in HUAWEI Mate 30

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A buffer overflow in Huawei Mate 30 allows attackers with root permissions to execute arbitrary code.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-22301?

CVE-2021-22301 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in HUAWEI Mate 30, published on 5 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Mate 30 10.0.0.203(C00E201R7P2) have a buffer overflow vulnerability. After obtaining the root permission, an attacker can exploit the vulnerability to cause buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22301?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Mate 30 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22301?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22301 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-22301 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9vvj-c5q4-cg3m.

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