CVE-2024-51518 Denial of service in HarmonyOS
Attackers can cause denial of service in HarmonyOS by exploiting unverified message types in the advanced messaging module.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-51518?
CVE-2024-51518 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 5 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability of message types not being verified in the advanced messaging modul Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
Weakness: CWE-248
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51518?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2024-51518?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51518 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-51518 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-51518 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Harmonyos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fx36-2w4h-pgpf.