CVE-2021-40050Public exploitNetwork attack vector

IFAA crash via unchecked certificate field lengths

Published Mar 7, 2022 · Updated Aug 4, 2024

Stack buffer overflow in affected Huawei EMUI, Magic UI, and HarmonyOS releases allows remote attackers to crash IFAA via a crafted certificate parcel. The parcel_read_ifaa_cert parser copies attacker-controlled modulus, exponent, and signature lengths into fixed 256-byte stack fields without bounds checks. The path requires a malicious parcel on an affected Huawei device, and the published proof of concept terminates the IFAA process through the stack canary.

CVSS severity9.8
Critical
EPSS probability1.09%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stack buffer overflow in affected Huawei EMUI, Magic UI, and HarmonyOS releases allows remote attackers to crash IFAA via a crafted certificate parcel. The parcel_read_ifaa_cert parser copies attacker-controlled modulus, exponent, and signature lengths into fixed 256-byte stack fields without bounds checks. The path requires a malicious parcel on an affected Huawei device, and the published proof of concept terminates the IFAA process through the stack canary.

The record

CVE
CVE-2021-40050
Published
Mar 7, 2022
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Vendor
MindSpore
Product
HarmonyOS
Classifications
CWE-125, T1499
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 7, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=2.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

MindSpore · HarmonyOSversion=2.0
MindSpore · EMUIversion=10.1.0; version=10.1.1; version=11.0.0; version=11.0.1; version=12.0.0
MindSpore · Magic UIversion=3.1.0; version=3.1.1; version=4.0.0

Published CVSS scores

9.8NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
10.0NVDAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read
T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

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Technologies

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