CVE-2024-47404 Liteos_a has a double free vulnerability

High 8.4 Published Updated

A local attacker can exploit a double free vulnerability in OpenHarmony to escalate privileges to root and leak sensitive information.

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-2024-47404?

CVE-2024-47404 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, published on 5 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

in OpenHarmony v4.1.0 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause the common permission is upgraded to root and sensitive information leak through double free.

Weakness: CWE-415

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47404?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openatom Openharmony.

How do I fix CVE-2024-47404?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47404 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-2024-47404 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47404 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-8vp8-pgp2-hm65.

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