Huawei HarmonyOS MPTCP out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Huawei HarmonyOS. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component MPTCP Module. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-41578. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component MPTCP Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The MPTCP module has an out-of-bounds write vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause root privilege escalation attacks implemented by modifying program information.

The weakness was shared 10/14/2022. The advisory is shared for download at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-41578 since 09/27/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 05/15/2025).

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-2022-44770). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

09/27/2022 🔍
10/14/2022 +17 days 🔍
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05/15/2025 +944 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-41578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-41578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210884
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2022 23:26
Updated: 05/15/2025 13:04
Changes: 10/14/2022 23:26 (37), 05/15/2025 01:54 (27), 05/15/2025 13:04 (1)
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