# CVE-2025-54642: Memory corruption in EMUI

> A buffer overflow in the kernel gyroscope module allows attackers to cause a denial of service on Huawei devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h396-6cwm-6rgc

## What is CVE-2025-54642?

CVE-2025-54642 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 6 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Issue of buffer overflow caused by insufficient data verification in the kernel gyroscope module.
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

Weakness: CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input), CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54642?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-54642?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54642 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-54642 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54642 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui

- [CVE-2023-52370](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52370/): Memory corruption in EMUI (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-52378](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52378/): Business logic in EMUI (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-52381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52381/): Code injection in EMUI (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-52103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52103/): Memory corruption in EMUI (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-46773](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46773/): Privilege escalation in EMUI (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-54642 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-54642 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 6 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54642 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Emui. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54642/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54642/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54642
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54642
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54642

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54642/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.