# CVE-2023-47216: Liteos-A has a missing release of resource vulnerability

> A local attacker can cause a denial of service by exhausting all system resources due to a missing resource release in LiteOS-A.

- **Severity:** Low 2.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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:** 2 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qg73-f9vv-77ph

## What is CVE-2023-47216?

CVE-2023-47216 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, published on 2 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

in OpenHarmony v3.2.2 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause DOS through occupy all resources

Weakness: CWE-772 (Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47216?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openatom Openharmony.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-47216?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-47216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-47216 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Openatom Openharmony

- [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-2023-47216 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-47216 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, published on 2 Jan 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-2023-47216 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-2023-47216/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47216/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47216
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47216
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-47216

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47216/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.