CVE-2023-34162 Denial of service in EMUI
Attackers can trigger repeated HMS Core updates leading to service failures in Huawei EMUI and HarmonyOS devices.
- 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-2023-34162?
CVE-2023-34162 is a high-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
Version update determination vulnerability in the user profile module.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause repeated HMS Core updates and cause services to fail.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-34162?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Emui.
How do I fix CVE-2023-34162?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-34162 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-2023-34162 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34162 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-38g3-58hf-r96c.