CVE-2022-43495 An abnormal packet recieved when distributedhardware_device_manager joining a network could cause a device reboot.

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause device reboots by sending abnormal packets during network joining, affecting OpenHarmony OS users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-43495?

CVE-2022-43495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OpenHarmony, published on 3 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenHarmony-v3.1.2 and prior versions had a DOS vulnerability in distributedhardware_device_manager when joining a network. Network attakcers can send an abonormal packet when joining a network, cause a nullptr reference and device reboot.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43495?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openharmony Openharmony.

How do I fix CVE-2022-43495?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43495 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-43495 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43495 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mgr9-pm96-3xmm.

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