CVE-2024-23808 Arkcompiler ets frontend has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability
A local attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution or cause denial of service in pre-installed apps via memory corruption flaws in the Arkcompiler frontend.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-23808?
CVE-2024-23808 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, published on 7 May 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 a local attacker arbitrary code execution in pre-installed apps through use after free or cause DOS through NULL pointer dereference.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23808?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openatom Openharmony.
How do I fix CVE-2024-23808?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23808 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-2024-23808 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23808 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- 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-cf65-84fr-hwv4.