Huawei HarmonyOS/EMUI Wi-Fi race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Wi-Fi Module. Executing a manipulation can lead to race condition. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-52553. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI (the affected version is unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Wi-Fi Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition vulnerability in the Wi-Fi module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.

The advisory is shared for download at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-52553 since 02/27/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/05/2024).

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 Temp Score: 5.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/27/2024 🔍
04/08/2024 +40 days 🔍
04/08/2024 +0 days 🔍
11/05/2024 +211 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-52553 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-52553
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-259732

Entryinfo

Created: 04/08/2024 12:24
Updated: 11/05/2024 21:54
Changes: 04/08/2024 12:24 (50), 11/05/2024 21:54 (13)
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