CVE-2022-41598 Memory corruption in EMUI
Attackers can exploit memory corruption flaws in the fingerprint trusted application to disrupt the fingerprint service on Huawei devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-41598?
CVE-2022-41598 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 14 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The phones have the heap overflow, out-of-bounds read, and null pointer vulnerabilities in the fingerprint trusted application (TA).Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect the fingerprint service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41598?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2022-41598?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-41598 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41598 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q44h-82rg-2gpv.