CVE-2023-52098 Denial of service in EMUI

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service in the DMS module of Huawei EMUI and HarmonyOS, affecting system availability.

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-2023-52098?

CVE-2023-52098 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 16 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the DMS module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.

Weakness: CWE-116, CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52098?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2023-52098?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-52098 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-2023-52098 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52098 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3wxf-8h2q-7rqj.

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