Huawei HarmonyOS Facial Recognition TA buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Huawei HarmonyOS. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Facial Recognition TA. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-48478. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Huawei HarmonyOS (unknown version). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Facial Recognition TA. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The facial recognition TA of some products lacks memory length verification. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause exceptions of the facial recognition service.

The weakness was disclosed 05/26/2023. The advisory is shared for download at device.harmonyos.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-48478 since 04/26/2023. 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 01/15/2025).

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

04/26/2023 🔍
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01/15/2025 +600 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: device.harmonyos.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-48478 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-48478
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230032

Entryinfo

Created: 05/26/2023 19:39
Updated: 01/15/2025 18:43
Changes: 05/26/2023 19:39 (37), 01/15/2025 18:43 (36)
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