CVE-2024-21860 Dsoftbus has a use after free vulnerability
An adjacent attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution in any application via a use-after-free vulnerability in OpenHarmony.
- 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-2024-21860?
CVE-2024-21860 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, published on 2 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
in OpenHarmony v4.0.0 and prior versions
allow an adjacent attacker arbitrary code execution in any apps through use after free.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21860?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openatom Openharmony.
How do I fix CVE-2024-21860?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21860 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2024-21860 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21860 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-44qh-gw8j-g2gv.