Use after free in Huawei HarmonyOS
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-416Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability in the display module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause features to perform abnormally.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00227 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huawei | HarmonyOS | 5.0.0; 4.3.0; 4.2.0; 4.0.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Huawei | EMUI | 14.0.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- HarmonyOS VendorHuawei Affected 5.0.0; 4.3.0; 4.2.0; 4.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- EMUI VendorHuawei Affected 14.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:14.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 14.0.0 | Vulnerable | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.0 | Vulnerable | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2.0 | Vulnerable | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.3.0 | Vulnerable | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.0 | Vulnerable | Huawei |
- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:14.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 14.0.0 Vulnerable ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 Vulnerable ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.0 Vulnerable ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.0 Vulnerable ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 Vulnerable ·Huawei
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-57959
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mx24-hwqm-5vf7
References
More Huawei Emui vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-17252 Vulnerability of writing data to an arbitrary address in the HW_KEYMASTER module. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-21903 Deserialization of untrusted data in Huawei HarmonyOS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-21900 Deserialization of untrusted data in Huawei HarmonyOS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-21899 Deserialization of untrusted data in Huawei HarmonyOS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-19984 Out-of-bounds read in Huawei HarmonyOS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-19982 Out-of-bounds write in Huawei HarmonyOS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-57959 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-57959 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mx24-hwqm-5vf7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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