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CVE-2021-40042

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—

There is a release of invalid pointer vulnerability in some Huawei products, successful exploit may cause the process and service abnormal. Affected product versions include: CloudEngine 12800 V200R019C10SPC800, V200R019C10SPC900; CloudEngine 5800 V200R019C10SPC800, V200R020C00SPC600; CloudEngine 6800 versions V200R019C10SPC800, V200R019C10SPC900, V200R020C00SPC600, V300R020C00SPC200; CloudEngine 7800 V200R019C10SPC800.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (4)

Huawei — Cloudengine 12800 FirmwareHuawei — Cloudengine 5800 FirmwareHuawei — Cloudengine 6800 FirmwareHuawei — Cloudengine 7800 Firmware

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