Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-22374 - Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in Huawei Emui and Magic UI

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
huawei
CWE-129

Summary

There is an Improper Validation of Array Index Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause stability risks.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.