CVE-2022-39004 Denial of service in EMUI

High 7.5 Published Updated

A memory leak in the MPTCP module allows attackers to cause resource exhaustion and denial of service on Huawei devices.

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-2022-39004?

CVE-2022-39004 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 16 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The MPTCP module has the memory leak vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause memory leaks.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39004?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos, Huawei Magic Ui.

How do I fix CVE-2022-39004?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-39004 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-2022-39004 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39004 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q775-qv8g-9c7h.

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