VDB-259715 · CVE-2023-52549 · GCVE-0-2023-52549

Huawei HarmonyOS/EMUI Kernel buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Kernel Module. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-52549. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Kernel Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability of data verification errors in the kernel module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-52549 since 02/27/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 03/13/2025).

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

commercial

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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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

02/27/2024 🔍
04/08/2024 +40 days 🔍
04/08/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/13/2025 +339 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-52549 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-52549
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-259715

Entryinfo

Created: 04/08/2024 12:20
Updated: 03/13/2025 19:30
Changes: 04/08/2024 12:20 (51), 03/13/2025 19:30 (3)
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