Vulnerability · Published Jul 6, 2023 · Assigned by huawei

CVE-2023-37242

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in EMUI from Huawei. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 60.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Vulnerability of commands from the modem being intercepted in the atcmdserver module. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to rewrite the non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM), or facilitate the exploitation of other vulnerabilities.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Huawei HarmonyOS 3.0.02.0.0
Huawei EMUI 13.0.012.0.0

Weakness: CWE-639

References