CVE-2022-38701 Memory corruption in OpenHarmony
Local attackers can exploit a heap overflow in the IPC subsystem to leak sensitive network information from OpenHarmony devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-38701?
CVE-2022-38701 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, published on 9 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenHarmony-v3.1.2 and prior versions have a heap overflow vulnerability. Local attackers can trigger a heap overflow and get network sensitive information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38701?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Openatom Openharmony, Openharmony Openharmony.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38701?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38701 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-38701 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38701 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openatom Openharmony
- CVE-2025-0303 Liteos_a has a buffer overflow vulnerability
- CVE-2025-0304 Liteos_a has an use after free vulnerability
- CVE-2024-47398 Liteos_a has an out-of-bounds write vulnerability
- CVE-2024-10074 Liteos_a has an use after free vulnerability
- CVE-2024-41157 Liteos-A has an use after free vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-47qg-3w6c-7g7q.