CVE-2021-40008: huawei cloudengine_12800_firmware
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-40008 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in huawei cloudengine_12800_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 13-12-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
There is a memory leak vulnerability in CloudEngine 12800 V200R019C00SPC800, CloudEngine 5800 V200R019C00SPC800, CloudEngine 6800 V200R019C00SPC800 and CloudEngine 7800 V200R019C00SPC800. The software does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory while parse a series of crafted binary messages, which could consume remaining memory. Successful exploit could cause memory exhaust.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
0.68%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
51%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.02 pp
From 0.66% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Huawei4 products
- cloudengine_12800_firmwarev200r019c00spc800
- cloudengine_5800_firmwarev200r019c00spc800
- cloudengine_6800_firmwarev200r019c00spc800
- cloudengine_7800_firmwarev200r019c00spc800
1 vendor · 4 products
References
1 links- www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20211208-01-memleak-enX Refsource MISCVendor Advisory