VDB-210920 · CVE-2022-41581 · GCVE-0-2022-41581

Huawei HarmonyOS HW_KEYMASTER out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HW_KEYMASTER Module. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-41581. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component HW_KEYMASTER Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The HW_KEYMASTER module has a vulnerability of not verifying the data read.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause malicious construction of data, which results in out-of-bounds access.

The weakness was published 10/14/2022. The advisory is shared for download at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-41581 since 09/27/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/14/2025).

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

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Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

Name

HarmonyOS

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.1
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

09/27/2022 🔍
10/14/2022 +17 days 🔍
10/14/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/14/2025 +943 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-41581 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-41581
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210920

Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2022 23:54
Updated: 05/14/2025 18:11
Changes: 10/14/2022 23:54 (37), 11/08/2022 13:36 (11), 05/14/2025 18:11 (16)
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