CVE-2022-38985 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The facial recognition module has a vulnerability in input validation.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect data confidentiality.

Published: 2022-10-14

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Huawei

HarmonyOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.0`	affected	—

Huawei

EMUI

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`12.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:12.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:2.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41531	The facial recognition module has a vulnerability in input validation.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect 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.

The EPSS score is 0.00131.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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 14:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Huawei Emui Harmonyos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

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

Updated: 2025-05-15T14:10:19.908Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-38985

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:10:31.614Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-14T16:15:15.777

Modified: 2025-05-15T15:16:00.400

Link: CVE-2022-38985

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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