Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-41578

Critical

Published: 14 October 2022

Published
14 October 2022
Modified
14 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0025 48.3th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-41578 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Huawei Emui. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 48.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The MPTCP module has an out-of-bounds write vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause root privilege escalation attacks implemented by modifying program information.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

huawei
emui
11.0.1, 12.0.0
huawei
harmonyos
2.0, 2.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References