CVE-2023-44099 Denial of service in EMUI

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause WLAN interruption in Huawei EMUI and HarmonyOS devices due to data verification errors in the kernel module.

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-2023-44099?

CVE-2023-44099 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 6 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability of data verification errors in the kernel module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause WLAN interruption.

Weakness: CWE-754

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44099?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2023-44099?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44099 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-2023-44099 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44099 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hc57-wf6c-969f.

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