Huawei EMUI/Magic UI Fingerprint API denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Fingerprint API. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-34156. The attack can be executed directly on the physical device. No exploit exists. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Fingerprint API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability of services denied by early fingerprint APIs on HarmonyOS products.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause services to be denied.

The weakness was disclosed 06/20/2023. The advisory is available at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-34156 since 05/29/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-38256). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.7

VulDB Base Score: 2.1
VulDB Temp Score: 2.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/29/2023 🔍
06/20/2023 +22 days 🔍
06/20/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/06/2026 +931 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-34156 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-34156
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231962
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2023 07:55 AM
Updated: 01/06/2026 05:41 PM
Changes: 06/20/2023 07:55 AM (37), 07/15/2023 05:23 PM (11), 01/06/2026 05:41 PM (16)
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