CVE-2023-41299 Denial of service in EMUI

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can trigger a system restart via a DoS vulnerability in the PMS module of Huawei mobile operating systems.

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-2023-41299?

CVE-2023-41299 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 25 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

DoS vulnerability in the PMS module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the system to restart.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41299?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2023-41299?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-41299 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-2023-41299 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-54x3-4x85-6hpj.

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