CVE-2021-37118 Information disclosure in HarmonyOS

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

An attacker can leak messages due to improper exception handling in the HwNearbyMain module of HarmonyOS.

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-2021-37118?

CVE-2021-37118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 3 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The HwNearbyMain module has a Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to message leak.

Weakness: CWE-755

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-37118?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2021-37118?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-37118 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-37118 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-37118 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Harmonyos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jw93-m9gx-f29r.

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