# CVE-2023-46708: Wlan has a use after free vulnerability

> A local attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution in any application via a use-after-free vulnerability in the WLAN component of OpenHarmony.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g3px-cpxh-v7xc

## What is CVE-2023-46708?

CVE-2023-46708 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, published on 4 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

in OpenHarmony v3.2.4 and prior versions allow a local attacker arbitrary code execution in any apps through use after free.

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-46708?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openatom Openharmony.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-46708?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-46708 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-46708 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2025-0303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0303/): Liteos_a has a buffer overflow vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-0304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0304/): Liteos_a has an use after free vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-47398](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47398/): Liteos_a has an out-of-bounds write vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-10074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10074/): Liteos_a has an use after free vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-41157](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41157/): Liteos-A has an use after free vulnerability (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-46708 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-46708 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, published on 4 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Openatom Openharmony. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46708/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46708/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46708
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46708
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-46708

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46708/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.