EmuiOperating system · Huawei

CVE-2023-39382

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Developing Published 2023-08-13
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Input verification vulnerability in the audio module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause virtual machines (VMs) to restart.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · low confidence

An input validation vulnerability exists in the audio emulation component of a virtualization platform (likely QEMU-based). The flaw allows specially crafted audio data to trigger a denial-of-service condition, causing the affected virtual machine to restart unexpectedly.

MitigationApply the relevant security patch for the virtualization platform's audio module. Until patched, consider disabling the emulated audio device in VM configurations if not required for workloads.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
EmuiOperating system
Affected:= 11.0.1= 12.0.0= 12.0.1= 13.0.0
HarmonyosOperating system
Affected:= 2.0.0= 2.0.1= 2.1.0= 3.0.0= 3.1.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify the installed Huawei operating system
    Check system settings or run 'getprop ro.build.version.emui' for Emui or 'getprop ro.build.version.harmonyos' for Harmonyos to determine the exact OS version
    Affected if The version matches any of: Emui 11.0.1, 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 13.0.0 or Harmonyos 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 3.0.0, 3.1.0
  2. Verify audio emulation is enabled
    Check if the system has audio virtualization or sound emulation features active. On Harmonyos/Emui, this may be exposed via audio HAL configuration files in /vendor/etc or /system/etc, or through audio service diagnostics
    Affected if Audio emulation or virtual audio device drivers are loaded and active on the system
  3. Check for the vulnerable audio component
    Inspect running audio-related processes and services (such as audio_server, audio_hal, or qemu-audio) for signs of the emulation component. Use 'ps -A | grep -i audio' or check /proc/asound for active audio devices
    Affected if The QEMU-based audio emulation component or similar virtualization audio module is present and running
  4. Confirm virtualization layer presence
    Examine if the device is running any virtualization software that includes audio emulation. Check for hypervisor-related processes or kernel modules (check /proc/modules or lsmod for virtualization drivers)
    Affected if A virtualization platform with audio emulation support is installed or running on the device

A user is affected if their device runs Emui 11.0.1, 12.0.0, 12.0.1, or 13.0.0, or Harmonyos 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 3.0.0, or 3.1.0, AND the audio emulation component of a virtualization platform is enabled and processing audio data.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply the relevant security patch for the virtualization platform's audio module. Until patched, consider disabling the emulated audio device in VM configurations if not required for workloads.

Fix this in Emui Scoped from the published advisory
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