VDB-259716 · CVE-2023-52550 · GCVE-0-2023-52550

Huawei HarmonyOS/EMUI Kernel buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Kernel Module. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-52550. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI (affected version not known). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Kernel Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The advisory is shared for download at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-52550 since 02/27/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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 08/20/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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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
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Timelineinfo

02/27/2024 🔍
04/08/2024 +40 days 🔍
04/08/2024 +0 days 🔍
08/20/2024 +134 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-52550 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-52550
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-259716

Entryinfo

Created: 04/08/2024 12:20
Updated: 08/20/2024 22:59
Changes: 04/08/2024 12:20 (51), 08/20/2024 22:59 (13)
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