VDB-220481 · CVE-2022-48297 · GCVE-0-2022-48297

Huawei EMUI/Magic UI Geofencing out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI. This affects an unknown function of the component Geofencing. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-48297. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI (affected version not known). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Geofencing. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The geofencing kernel code has a vulnerability of not verifying the length of the input data. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause out-of-bounds memory access.

The weakness was released 02/09/2023. The advisory is shared at consumer.huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-48297 since 01/29/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/25/2025).

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

License

open-source

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

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

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

NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
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: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

01/29/2023 🔍
02/09/2023 +11 days 🔍
02/09/2023 +0 days 🔍
03/25/2025 +775 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-48297 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-48297
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220481

Entryinfo

Created: 02/09/2023 19:35
Updated: 03/25/2025 17:58
Changes: 02/09/2023 19:35 (37), 03/25/2025 17:58 (27)
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