🛡️ CVE-2022-22260 — emui

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-22260 is classified as CWE-416: Use After Free. Memory is used after being released, so its contents may already belong to something else.

Affected software

CVE-2022-22260 is recorded against 2 packages.

• emui
• harmonyos

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

consumer.huawei.com
device.harmonyos.com
consumer.huawei.com
device.harmonyos.com

Other advisories for this package

emui has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-34854 (5.7 Medium, published 13 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-34853 (7.7 High, published 13 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-28553 (6.9 Medium, published 13 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-34859 (5.9 Medium, published 13 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-34855 (5.7 Medium, published 13 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-28552 (6.5 Medium, published 5 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-28548 (7.1 High, published 5 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-28542 (7.3 High, published 5 Mar 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-416: Use After Free) in other software:

• CVE-2022-21540 (5.3 Medium, published 8 May 2026)
• CVE-2022-50552 (7.8 High, published 7 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50542 (7.8 High, published 7 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50507 (7.8 High, published 4 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50496 (7.8 High, published 4 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50492 (7.8 High, published 4 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50488 (7.8 High, published 4 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50433 (7.8 High, published 1 Oct 2025)

Details

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