CVE-2021-40044 Missing authorization in EMUI

What is CVE-2021-40044?

CVE-2021-40044 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 9 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There is a permission verification vulnerability in the Bluetooth module.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause unauthorized operations.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-40044?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Magic Ui.

How do I fix CVE-2021-40044?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-40044 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2021-40044 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-40044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui

• CVE-2023-52370 Memory corruption in EMUI Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-52378 Business logic in EMUI Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-52381 Code injection in EMUI Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-52103 Memory corruption in EMUI Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-46773 Privilege escalation in EMUI Critical 9.8

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-v638-3j32-h7rm.