CVE-2022-38998 (GCVE-0-2022-38998)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-14 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-15 14:37
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Out-of-bounds read vulnerability
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References
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Vendor Product Version
Huawei HarmonyOS Affected: 2.0
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