Huawei Smart Phone InputMethod deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei Smart Phone. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component InputMethod Module. The manipulation leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-26547. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei Smart Phone (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component InputMethod Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The InputMethod module has a vulnerability of serialization/deserialization mismatch. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause privilege escalation.

The weakness was presented 03/28/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-26547 since 02/25/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/10/2025).

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-2023-30344). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/25/2023 🔍
03/28/2023 +30 days 🔍
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11/10/2025 +957 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-26547 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-26547
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-224183
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2023 09:19
Updated: 11/10/2025 00:28
Changes: 03/28/2023 09:19 (37), 11/10/2025 00:28 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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