CVE-2022-48478 Denial of service in HarmonyOS
Attackers can cause facial recognition service exceptions in HarmonyOS due to missing memory length verification in the Trusted Application.
- 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-2022-48478?
CVE-2022-48478 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 26 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The facial recognition TA of some products lacks memory length verification. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause exceptions of the facial recognition service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48478?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2022-48478?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-48478 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-2022-48478 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48478 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Harmonyos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6xpg-fr4j-p757.