CVE-2021-22483 Denial of service in EMUI

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service on Huawei smartphones via IP address spoofing in the EMUI or Magic UI operating systems.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-22483?

CVE-2021-22483 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 28 Oct 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There is a issue of IP address spoofing in Huawei Smartphone. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause DoS.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22483?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Magic Ui.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22483?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22483 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-22483 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22483 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mchc-2745-9x96.

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