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Huawei released January 2022 EMUI security details
Huawei has officially started the EMUI 12 beta rollout for global devices. Starting with Europe the company has expanded its new EMUI version rapidly and seems to be starting a stable rollout in H1 2022. In terms of security patches, Huawei also focuses on the HarmonyOS update for its eligible devices in a regular manner.
Apart from the EMUI 12 and HarmonyOS, the January 2022 Huawei EMUI security patch is now live and it fixes 2 critical, 12 high levels of CVEs, 47 medium levels of CVEs while there’s no low level of CVEs. The December 2021 security patch (third-party library) also fixes 2 high levels of CVE.
This January 2022 security update includes the following third-party library patches:
This security update includes the CVE announced in the December 2021 Android security bulletin:
Critical: CVE-2021-0967, CVE-2021-0968
High: CVE-2021-0704, CVE-2021-0952, CVE-2021-0954, CVE-2021-0955, CVE-2021-0963, CVE-2021-0964, CVE-2021-0965, CVE-2021-0966, CVE-2021-0970, CVE-2021-0971, CVE-2021-33909, CVE-2021-38204
Medium: CVE-2021-0726, CVE-2021-0849, CVE-2021-0731, CVE-2021-0738, CVE-2021-0761, CVE-2021-0765, CVE-2021-0768, CVE-2021-0770, CVE-2021-0772, CVE-2021-0789, CVE-2021-0803, CVE-2021-0866, CVE-2021-0716, CVE-2021-0855, CVE-2021-0560, CVE-2021-0805, CVE-2021-0779, CVE-2021-0791, CVE-2021-0795, CVE-2021-0838, CVE-2021-0840, CVE-2021-0844, CVE-2021-0796, CVE-2021-0797, CVE-2021-0798, CVE-2021-0804, CVE-2021-0822, CVE-2021-0824, CVE-2021-0886, CVE-2021-0969, CVE-2021-0976, CVE-2021-0992, CVE-2021-0998, CVE-2021-1007, CVE-2021-1009, CVE-2021-1010, CVE-2021-1011, CVE-2021-1012, CVE-2021-1022, CVE-2021-1024, CVE-2021-1030, CVE-2021-1031, CVE-2020-25668, CVE-2021-39636, CVE-2021-39648, CVE-2021-39656, CVE-2021-23134
Low: none
Already included in previous updates: CVE-2020-0368, CVE-2021-0434, CVE-2021-0929, CVE-2021-0794, CVE-2021-0837, CVE-2021-0759, CVE-2020-26139, CVE-2020-11288, CVE-2020-11176, CVE-2020-11291, CVE-2020-11304, CVE-2021-1900, CVE-2021-1925, CVE-2021-1937, CVE-2021-30260, CVE-2021-1914, CVE-2021-1916, CVE-2021-1919, CVE-2021-1920, CVE-2021-1886, CVE-2021-1888, CVE-2021-1889, CVE-2021-1890, CVE-2021-1909, CVE-2021-1923, CVE-2021-1933, CVE-2021-1935, CVE-2021-1946, CVE-2021-1952, CVE-2021-1960, CVE-2021-1971, CVE-2021-30295, CVE-2021-1934, CVE-2021-1913, CVE-2021-1917, CVE-2021-1932, CVE-2021-1936, CVE-2021-1949, CVE-2021-1959, CVE-2021-1984, CVE-2021-1985, CVE-2021-30256, CVE-2021-30257, CVE-2021-30258, CVE-2021-30288, CVE-2021-30291, CVE-2021-30292, CVE-2021-30297, CVE-2021-30302, CVE-2021-30310, CVE-2021-1983
This security update includes the CVE of other third-party library patches:
High: CVE-2021-20322, CVE-2021-3640
This security update includes the following HUAWEI patches:
CVE-2021-40026: Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the AOD module
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 12.0.0, EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service integrity.
CVE-2021-40020: Out-of-bounds array read vulnerability in the security storage module
Severity: High
Affected versions: EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, EMUI 10.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0, Magic UI 3.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVE-2021-40011: Uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the display module
Severity: High
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 integrity.
CVE-2021-40009: Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the AOD module
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 12.0.0, EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service integrity.
CVE-2021-40038: Double free vulnerability in the AOD module
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 12.0.0, EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service integrity.
CVE-2021-40037: Vulnerability of accessing resources using an incompatible type (type confusion) in the MPTCP subsystem
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 12.0.0, EMUI 11.0.1, EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, EMUI 10.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0, Magic UI 3.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the system to crash and restart.
CVE-2021-40029: Buffer overflow vulnerability due to a boundary error with the Samba server in the file management module
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 12.0.0, EMUI 11.0.1, EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, EMUI 10.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0, Magic UI 3.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect function stability.
CVE-2021-40035: Buffer overflow vulnerability due to a boundary error with the Samba server in the file management module
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 12.0.0, EMUI 11.0.1, EMUI 11.0.0, EMUI 10.1.1, EMUI 10.1.0, EMUI 10.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0, Magic UI 3.1.1, Magic UI 3.1.0, Magic UI 3.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect function stability.
CVE-2021-40031: Null pointer dereference vulnerability in the camera module
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 12.0.0, EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service integrity.
CVE-2021-40039: Null pointer dereference vulnerability in the camera module
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 12.0.0, EMUI 11.0.0, Magic UI 4.0.0
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service integrity.
CVE-2021-40004: Improper permission management vulnerability in the cellular module
Severity: Medium
Affected versions: EMUI 12.0.0, 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.
According to the official information, the Huawei released the delisting announcement of its Petal Mail App. The full text of the announcement is as follows: [translated]
Thank you for your continued attention and support to the Huawei Petal Mail App. In order to better adapt to the changing needs of product experience, service content and local markets, we have made strategic adjustments to the Huawei Petal Mail App.
The Petal Mail App will officially switch to the Email App on December 31, 2024, and the Petal Mail App will no longer be available for download from the App Store. The Petal Mail App you have installed can be used normally. We apologize for the inconvenience. You can continue to view, send or receive emails in the pre-installed Email App on your Huawei phone or use a computer browser to open the Petal Mail official website ( https://www.petalmail.com ), and your emails and personal data will not be lost.
Huawei released the Mate 70 series of mobile phones, with a starting price of 5,499 yuan. At present, the prices of spare parts for the new Mate 70 series have been announced on Huawei’s official website.
Huawei Mate 70 lineup repair spare parts prices announced
Battery and motherboard
Mate 70
Battery — 199
12GB+256GB — 2499
12GB+512GB — 2899
12GB+1TB — 3599
Mate 70 Pro
Battery — 199
12GB+256GB — 2899
12GB+512GB — 3299
12GB+1TB — 3999
Mate 70 Pro+
Battery — 299
16GB+512GB — 4399
16GB+1TB — 4899
Mate 70 RS
Battery — 299
16GB+512GB — 6499
16GB+1TB — 6999
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Huawei officially announced the new FreeBuds Pro 4 headphones. This is the first TWS headset equipped with HarmonyOS NEXT and will be officially launched at the Huawei Mate Brand Festival on November 26.
As can be seen from the poster, the headset adopts an in-ear design with black and gold color matching, and the overall shape is similar to the previous generation. With the support of the new system, FreeBuds Pro 4 is expected to bring more functional upgrades.
For reference, Huawei FreeBuds Pro 3 was released in September last year with an initial price of 1,499 yuan . It is equipped with the Kirin A2 chip that uses Polar code, supports Star Flash connection core technology and Bluetooth technology, and the new L2HC 3.0 protocol.
