VDB-210926 · CVE-2022-41589 · GCVE-0-2022-41589

Huawei HarmonyOS ArkCompiler stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Huawei HarmonyOS. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ArkCompiler. Such manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-41589. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ArkCompiler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The DFX unwind stack module of the ArkCompiler has a vulnerability in interface calling.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability affects system services and device availability.

The weakness was released 10/14/2022. The advisory is available at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-41589 since 09/27/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (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

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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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-2022-41589 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-41589
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210926

Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2022 00:00
Updated: 05/14/2025 18:23
Changes: 10/15/2022 00:00 (38), 11/08/2022 14:06 (11), 05/14/2025 18:23 (16)
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