CVE-2021-22405 Denial of service in EMUI
A configuration defect in Huawei smartphones allows attackers to disrupt service availability, impacting users of EMUI and Magic UI.
- 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-2021-22405?
CVE-2021-22405 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 28 Oct 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is a Configuration defects in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service availability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22405?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Magic Ui.
How do I fix CVE-2021-22405?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22405 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-2021-22405 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22405 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9qgf-58j9-cwmf.