Huawei EMUI/Magic UI API denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component API. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-34166. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI (version now known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability of system restart triggered by abnormal callbacks passed to APIs.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the system to restart.

The weakness was shared 06/20/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-34166 since 05/29/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/07/2026).

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-2023-38266). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/29/2023 🔍
06/20/2023 +22 days 🔍
06/20/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/07/2026 +932 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-34166 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-34166
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231979
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2023 08:18
Updated: 01/07/2026 06:14
Changes: 06/20/2023 08:18 (37), 07/15/2023 19:36 (11), 12/12/2024 03:28 (27), 01/07/2026 06:14 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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