Huawei announces EMUI security patch details of February 2021

Huawei has completed the beta program of EMUI 11 / Magic UI 4 and released the stable version of EMUI 11 for Huawei P40 series, Mate 30 series, MatePad Pro series, Nova 7 series, Nova 6 series, MatePad 10.8, Mate Xs, P30, and P30 Pro.

Whereas, Magic UI 4 has also released in China for Honor devices (including Honor 30 and V30 series). In addition to China, the company is also expanding the latest EMUI 11 features globally for its qualified devices.

Furthermore, the company also releases security patches for its equipment monthly and quarterly. These security updates are important to any device because they bring the latest security and protect them from threats.

And now according to the latest information, the company has released the details of its latest 2021 security patch which will soon be available for Huawei and Honor phones. Security updates for Huawei devices include CVE (Common Weaknesses and Exposures) as announced in the February 2021 Android Security bulletin.

The February 2021 security update will include different levels of exploits and issues that are announced in the month of February 2021 security, it fixes 2 critical, 26 high, and 77 medium levels of CVEs.

Below are the CVE announced in February 2021 EMUI security update Android security bulletin:

Critical: CVE-2021-0325,CVE-2021-0326

High: CVE-2020-11261,CVE-2020-11239,CVE-2020-11262,CVE-2020-10732,CVE-2020-11233,CVE-2020-11250,CVE-2020-11240,CVE-2021-0339,CVE-2021-0337,CVE-2021-0327,CVE-2021-0334,CVE-2021-0329,CVE-2021-0328,CVE-2021-0340,CVE-2021-0305,CVE-2021-0302,CVE-2021-0314,CVE-2021-0336,CVE-2021-0333,CVE-2021-0331,CVE-2021-0338,CVE-2021-0330,CVE-2021-0341,CVE-2019-2183,CVE-2020-0338,CVE-2021-0332

Medium: CVE-2020-11160,CVE-2020-0053,CVE-2019-17052,CVE-2020-0138,CVE-2020-0176,CVE-2020-0196,CVE-2020-0305,CVE-2020-12114,CVE-2020-27068,CVE-2020-0045,CVE-2020-0084,CVE-2020-0087,CVE-2020-0046,CVE-2020-0047,CVE-2020-0048,CVE-2020-0049,CVE-2020-0051,CVE-2020-0052,CVE-2020-0054,CVE-2020-0085,CVE-2020-0124,CVE-2020-0203,CVE-2020-0208,CVE-2020-0209,CVE-2020-0210,CVE-2020-0135,CVE-2020-0167,CVE-2020-0131,CVE-2020-0126,CVE-2020-0179,CVE-2020-0218,CVE-2020-0128,CVE-2020-0127,CVE-2020-0132,CVE-2020-0050,CVE-2020-0217,CVE-2020-0055,CVE-2020-0056,CVE-2020-0057,CVE-2020-0058,CVE-2020-0059,CVE-2020-0129,CVE-2019-17133,CVE-2019-13272,CVE-2019-13631,CVE-2019-15666,CVE-2019-10638,CVE-2019-15117,CVE-2019-11477,CVE-2019-11478,CVE-2019-11479,CVE-2020-0067,CVE-2020-0187,CVE-2020-0168,CVE-2020-0190,CVE-2020-0194,CVE-2019-13136,CVE-2020-0151,CVE-2020-0152,CVE-2020-0182,CVE-2020-0191,CVE-2020-0192,CVE-2020-0193,CVE-2020-0195,CVE-2020-0207,CVE-2020-0181,CVE-2020-0184,CVE-2020-0189,CVE-2020-0198,CVE-2019-9429,CVE-2019-9438,CVE-2019-9364,CVE-2019-9375,CVE-2019-9350,CVE-2019-9233,CVE-2019-9234,CVE-2019-9243

Low: none

Already included in previous updates: CVE-2020-11123,CVE-2020-3639,CVE-2020-11175,CVE-2020-11168,CVE-2020-11193,CVE-2020-11196,CVE-2020-11138,CVE-2020-11139,CVE-2020-3685,CVE-2020-11143,CVE-2020-11136,CVE-2020-11137,CVE-2020-11145,CVE-2020-3691,CVE-2020-3686,CVE-2020-11140,CVE-2020-11144,CVE-2020-11200,CVE-2020-11215,CVE-2020-11197,CVE-2020-11216,CVE-2020-11212,CVE-2020-11213,CVE-2020-11119,CVE-2021-0342,CVE-2021-0301

This security update includes the following Huawei patches:

CVE-2021-22308: Information leakage due to screenshots taken without notifications

• Severity: Medium
• 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: The malicious apps installed on the device can keep taking screenshots in the background. This issue does not cause system errors but may cause personal information leakage.

(Via)