CVE-2021-22349 Denial of service in EMUI;Magic UI

High 7.5 Published Updated

Insufficient input verification in Huawei smartphones allows attackers to trigger a system restart, causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-22349?

CVE-2021-22349 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 30 Jun 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There is an Input Verification Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Successful exploitation of insufficient input verification may cause the system to restart.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22349?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Magic Ui.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22349?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22349 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-22349 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22349 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4h39-xvcp-vmwq.

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