HUAWEI EMUI/Magic UI security updates July 2021
HUAWEI is releasing monthly security updates for flagship models. This security update includes Android and HUAWEI patches:
This security update includes the CVE announced in the Android security bulletin.
Critical:none
High:CVE-2021-0599,CVE-2020-0417,CVE-2021-0586,CVE-2021-0587,CVE-2021-0588,CVE-2021-0589,CVE-2021-0590,CVE-2021-0594,CVE-2021-0596,CVE-2021-0597,CVE-2021-0486,CVE-2021-0600,CVE-2021-0601,CVE-2021-0604,CVE-2021-0603,CVE-2021-1931,CVE-2021-1955,CVE-2020-26555,CVE-2020-26558,CVE-2021-0478,CVE-2021-0512,CVE-2020-11267,CVE-2020-14305
Medium:CVE-2020-27170,CVE-2020-27171,CVE-2021-0534,CVE-2021-0535,CVE-2021-0537,CVE-2021-0538,CVE-2021-0539,CVE-2021-0541,CVE-2021-0542,CVE-2021-0544,CVE-2021-0545,CVE-2021-0546,CVE-2021-0547,CVE-2021-0548,CVE-2021-0549,CVE-2021-0553,CVE-2021-0555,CVE-2021-0556,CVE-2021-0557,CVE-2021-0558,CVE-2021-0559,CVE-2021-0561,CVE-2021-0562,CVE-2021-0564,CVE-2021-0567,CVE-2021-0569,CVE-2021-0570,CVE-2021-0572,CVE-2021-0606,CVE-2021-0605
Low: none
Already included in previous updates:CVE-2020-0267,CVE-2020-0265,CVE-2020-1971,CVE-2021-0563,CVE-2021-0368,CVE-2020-11254,CVE-2020-11293,CVE-2020-11279,CVE-2020-11285,CVE-2020-11289,CVE-2020-11294,CVE-2021-1910,CVE-2019-9426,CVE-2020-26558,CVE-2020-26555,CVE-2021-0536,CVE-2021-0529,CVE-2021-0530,CVE-2021-0526,CVE-2021-0532,CVE-2021-0533,CVE-2021-0525,CVE-2021-0527,CVE-2021-0528,CVE-2021-0531
※For more information on security patches, please refer to the Android security bulletins (https://source.android.com/security/bulletin).
This security update includes the following HUAWEI patches:
CVE-2021-22460: Boot restriction bypass vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVE-2021-22388: Out-of-bounds array access in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause certain codes to be executed.
CVE-2021-36999: Buffer overflow vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability by sending malicious images and inducing users to open the images may cause remote code execution.
CVE-2021-36998: Improper verification vulnerability in some devices
Severity: Low
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow attempts to read an array that is out of bounds.
CVE-2021-36997: Low memory error in some HUAWEI devices due to the unlimited size of images to be parsed
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the Gallery or Files app to exit unexpectedly.
Acknowledgment: eng Zhaoyang and Wei Qiang, Vulnerability Analysis Lab, Information Engineering University
CVE-2021-36996: Improper verification vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: Low
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause transmission of certain virtual information.
CVE-2021-36995: Unauthorized file access vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability by modifying soft links may tamper with the files restored from backups.
CVE-2021-36994: Trustlist strings being repeatedly inserted into the linked list in some HUAWEI devices due to race conditions
Severity: Low
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause exceptions when managing the system trustlist.
CVE-2021-36993: Memory leaks in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service availability.
CVE-2021-36992: Public key verification vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVE-2021-36991: Unauthorized file access vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices due to unstandardized path input
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability by creating malicious file paths can cause unauthorized file access.
CVE-2021-36990: Vulnerability of tampering with the kernel in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may escalate permissions.
CVE-2021-36989: Kernel crash vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may escalate permissions.
CVE-2021-36988: Parameter verification issues in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can affect service integrity.
CVE-2021-36987: Nodes in the linked list being freed for multiple times in some HUAWEI devices due to race conditions
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause the system to restart.
CVE-2021-36986: Vulnerability of tampering with the kernel in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may escalate permissions.
CVE-2021-36985: Code injection vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may exhaust system resources and cause the system to restart.
CVE-2021-22491: Input verification vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service availability.
CVE-2021-22490: Permission verification vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Low
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect the device performance.
CVE-2021-22488: Unauthorized file access vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability by modifying soft links may tamper with the files restored from backups.
CVE-2021-22487: Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service availability.
CVE-2021-22486: Unstandardized field names in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVE-2021-22485: SSID vulnerability with Wi-Fi network connections in HUAWEI devices
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
Acknowledgment: Zhang Qing and Xia Guangshuai, WuHeng Lab of Bytedance
CVE-2021-22483: IP address spoofing vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause DoS.
CVE-2021-22482: Uninitialized variable vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: Low
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause transmission of invalid data.
CVE-2021-22481: Verification errors in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVE-2021-22475: Improper permission management vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Low
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVE-2021-22474: Out-of-bounds memory access in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause process exceptions.
Acknowledgment: Wen Guanxing
CVE-2021-22473: Authentication vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, EMUI 10.0.0, EMUI 9.1.1, EMUI 9.1.0, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0, Magic UI 3.0.0, Magic UI 2.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVE-2021-22472: Improper verification vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVE-2021-22469: Out-of-bounds memory read vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the kernel to crash.
CVE-2021-22455: Integer overflow vulnerability with the Always On Display (AOD) driver in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may escalate the permission to that of the root user.
CVE-2021-22450: Memory leaks in some HUAWEI devices due to exceptions when freeing memory
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will exhaust system memory resources and cause the device to restart.
CVE-2021-22438: Memory address out of bounds vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause malicious code to be executed.
CVE-2021-22436: Logic bypass vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service integrity and availability.
CVE-2021-22435: Logic bypass vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service integrity and availability.
CVE-2021-22434: Memory address out of bounds vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause malicious code to be executed.
Acknowledgment: Lorant Szabo, TASZK Security Labs
CVE-2021-22433: Memory address out of bounds vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause malicious code to be executed.
Acknowledgment: Daniel Komaromy and Lorant Szabo, TASZK Security Labs
CVE-2021-22432: Vulnerability when configuring permission isolation in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause out-of-bounds access.
Acknowledgment: Lorant Szabo, TASZK Security Labs
CVE-2021-22431: Vulnerability when configuring permission isolation in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause out-of-bounds access.
Acknowledgment: Daniel Komaromy and Gyorgy Miru, TASZK Security Labs
CVE-2021-22429: Memory address out of bounds vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause malicious code to be executed.
Acknowledgment: Daniel Komaromy and Lorant Szabo, TASZK Security Labs
CVE-2021-22426: Memory address out of bounds vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause malicious code to be executed.
Acknowledgment: Daniel Komaromy and Lorant Szabo, TASZK Security Labs
CVE-2021-22425: Nodes in the linked list being freed for multiple times in some HUAWEI devices due to race conditions
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause the system to restart.
CVE-2021-22423: Integer overflow vulnerability with the Always On Display (AOD) driver in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may escalate the permission to that of the root user.
CVE-2021-22422: Integer overflow vulnerability with the Always On Display (AOD) driver in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may escalate the permission to that of the root user.
CVE-2021-22419: Startup verification vulnerability with non-HUAWEI APKs in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow knock-off apps to run automatically.
CVE-2021-22418: Integer overflow vulnerability with the Always On Display (AOD) driver in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may escalate the permission to that of the root user.
CVE-2021-22417: Memory leaks and out-of-bounds access vulnerabilities in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may escalate the permission to that of the root user.
CVE-2021-22415: DoS vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause kernel exceptions with the code.
CVE-2021-22412: Out-of-bounds address access in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause random kernel address access.
CVE-2021-22407: Identity verification vulnerability due to unverified server when connecting HUAWEI phones to a computer via HiSuite
Severity: Low
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVE-2021-22406: Remote DoS vulnerability with the MeeTime app
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, EMUI 10.0.0, EMUI 9.1.1, EMUI 9.1.0, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0, Magic UI 3.0.0, Magic UI 2.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause the app to exit unexpectedly.
CVE-2021-22405: Configuration defects in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service availability.
CVE-2021-22404: Directory traversal vulnerability in HUAWEI phones
Severity: Low
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, EMUI 10.0.0, EMUI 9.1.1, EMUI 9.1.0, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0, Magic UI 3.0.0, Magic UI 2.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVE-2021-22403: Vulnerability of hijacking unverified providers in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, EMUI 10.0.0, EMUI 9.1.1, EMUI 9.1.0, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0, Magic UI 3.0.0, Magic UI 2.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow attackers to hijack the device and forge UIs to induce users to execute malicious commands.
CVE-2021-22402: DoS vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause DoS attacks.
CVE-2021-22401: Remote DoS vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can affect service integrity.
CVE-2021-22395: Code injection vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVE-2021-22394: Buffer overflow vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause DoS of the apps during Multi-Screen Collaboration.
CVE-2021-22390: UAF vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause certain codes to be executed.
CVE-2021-22389: Kernel address rewrite vulnerability in some HUAWEI phones
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause certain codes to be executed.
CVE-2021-37001: Register tampering vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow the register value to be modified.
CVE-2021-37002: Memory out-of-bounds access vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause malicious code to be executed.
CVE-2021-22367: Logic bypass vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, EMUI 10.0.0, EMUI 9.1.1, EMUI 9.1.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0, Magic UI 3.0.0, Magic UI 2.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to authentication bypass.
CVE-2021-37027: DoS vulnerability in some HUAWEI devices
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service integrity.
CVE-2021-37009: Multi-user settings vulnerability in the system components of some HUAWEI devices
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVE-2021-33909: Privilege escalation vulnerability in the file system components of some HUAWEI devices
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
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