CVE-2023-52538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Vulnerability of package name verification being bypassed in the HwIms module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Huawei	Emui Harmonyos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:12.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:13.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:2.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:2.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:3.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:3.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:4.0.0:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2024/3/
https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202403-0000001667644725

History

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-863
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:-:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Huawei Huawei emui Huawei harmonyos
Weaknesses		CWE-347
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:12.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:13.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:2.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:3.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:3.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:4.0.0:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Huawei Huawei emui Huawei harmonyos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published: 2024-04-08T08:43:01.514Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T13:39:28.794Z

Reserved: 2024-02-27T03:41:51.380Z

Link: CVE-2023-52538

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:03:20.810Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-04-08T09:15:08.453

Modified: 2025-03-25T14:15:21.010

Link: CVE-2023-52538

Redhat

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