CVE-2022-38998 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The HISP module has a vulnerability of not verifying the data transferred in the kernel space.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause out-of-bounds read, which affects data confidentiality.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

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:harmonyos:2.0:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2022/10/
https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-phones-202210-0000001416095697

History

Thu, 15 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published: 2022-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-15T14:37:23.528Z

Reserved: 2022-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38998

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:10:32.249Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-14T16:15:16.623

Modified: 2025-05-15T15:16:00.567

Link: CVE-2022-38998

Redhat

No data.

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