CVE-2021-37012 Denial of service in HarmonyOS
A data processing error in Huawei HarmonyOS allows attackers to cause a kernel crash, resulting in a 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-2021-37012?
CVE-2021-37012 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 23 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is a Data Processing Errors vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause kernel crash.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-37012?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2021-37012?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-37012 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-2021-37012 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-37012 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Harmonyos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xgwx-58r3-m625.