CVE-2022-48361 Path traversal in EMUI
Attackers can exploit a path traversal in Always On Display theme files to cause resource reading failures, impacting Huawei EMUI and HarmonyOS users.
- 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-2022-48361?
CVE-2022-48361 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 27 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Always On Display (AOD) has a path traversal vulnerability in theme files. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause a failure in reading AOD theme resources.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48361?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2022-48361?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-48361 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-48361 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48361 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gjw6-pwfp-23jx.