CVE-2022-41596 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The system tool has inconsistent serialization and deserialization. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause unauthorized startup of components.

Published: 2022-12-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Huawei

HarmonyOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.0`	affected	—
`2.1`	affected	—
`3.0.0`	affected	—

Huawei

EMUI

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`12.0.1`	affected	—
`12.0.0`	affected	—
`11.0.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:11.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:12.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:12.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-44788	The system tool has inconsistent serialization and deserialization. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause unauthorized startup of components.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00208.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2022/12/
https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202212-0000001462975397

History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Huawei Emui Harmonyos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published: 2022-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-16T18:22:04.785Z

Reserved: 2022-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41596

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:49:43.306Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-20T21:15:10.910

Modified: 2025-04-16T19:15:46.360

Link: CVE-2022-41596

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-502

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