CVE-2021-40016

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Published Jul 11, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Improper permission control vulnerability in the Bluetooth module.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect confidentiality.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Huawei

EMUI

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.1.0`	affected	—
`10.1.1`	affected	—
`11.0.0`	affected	—
`12.0.0`	affected	—

Huawei

Magic UI

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.1.0`	affected	—
`3.1.1`	affected	—
`4.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:10.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:10.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:11.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:12.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:magic_ui:3.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:magic_ui:3.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:magic_ui:4.0.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-27206	Improper permission control vulnerability in the Bluetooth module.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect confidentiality.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.282% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2022/7/

History

Jul 16, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00085}`	epss `{'score': 0.00044}`

Jul 13, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0005}`	epss `{'score': 0.00085}`

Subscriptions

Huawei Emui Magic Ui

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 2:27 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: huawei
Published: Jul 11, 2022, 1:53 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 2:27 AM
Reserved: Aug 23, 2021, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:06 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 12, 2022, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:06 AM

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