CVE-2024-47398 Liteos_a has an out-of-bounds write vulnerability

High 8.8 Published 7 Jan 2025 Updated 7 Jan 2025

A local attacker can cause a denial of service by preventing the device from booting via an out-of-bounds write in OpenHarmony.

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-2024-47398?

CVE-2024-47398 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, published on 7 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

in OpenHarmony v4.1.2 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause the device is unable to boot up through out-of-bounds write.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47398?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openatom Openharmony.

How do I fix CVE-2024-47398?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47398 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-2024-47398 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47398 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-3628-rj84-6j8x.