CVE-2023-34156 Denial of service in EMUI
Attackers can deny services on HarmonyOS products by exploiting early fingerprint APIs, requiring users to apply vendor patches.
- 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-2023-34156?
CVE-2023-34156 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 19 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability of services denied by early fingerprint APIs on HarmonyOS products.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause services to be denied.
Weakness: CWE-384
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-34156?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Emui.
How do I fix CVE-2023-34156?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-34156 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-2023-34156 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34156 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x86v-p8fr-6c2m.