CVE-2022-44455: The appspawn and nwebspawn services were found to be vulnerable to buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient input validation.

Published Dec 8, 2022
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Updated

The appspawn and nwebspawn services within OpenHarmony-v3.1.2 and prior versions were found to be vulnerable to buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient input validation. An unprivileged malicious application would be able to gain code execution within any application installed on the device or cause application crash.

Affected Software

3 affected components
OpenHarmony OpenHarmony>=3.1<=3.1.2
Openatom Openharmony>=3.0<=3.0.6
OpenHarmony OpenHarmony>=3.0<=3.0.6

Event History

Dec 8, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·04:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this issue?

The vulnerability ID for this issue is CVE-2022-44455.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2022-44455?

The severity of CVE-2022-44455 is high with a CVSS score of 7.8.

3

Which version of OpenHarmony is affected by this vulnerability?

OpenHarmony versions 3.0 to 3.0.6 and 3.1 to 3.1.2 are affected by this vulnerability.

4

What is the root cause of CVE-2022-44455?

The root cause of CVE-2022-44455 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the appspawn and nwebspawn services of OpenHarmony.

5

How can an attacker exploit this vulnerability?

An unprivileged malicious application can exploit this vulnerability to gain code execution within any application installed on the device.

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