# CVE-2024-54116: Memory corruption in HarmonyOS

> An out-of-bounds read in the M3U8 module can cause abnormal feature behavior, potentially leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j2cg-2g7j-2gm8

## What is CVE-2024-54116?

CVE-2024-54116 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 12 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the M3U8 module
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause features to perform abnormally.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read), CWE-754 (Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-54116?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Huawei Harmonyos.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-54116?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-54116 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-54116 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-54116 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Harmonyos

- [CVE-2026-34865](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34865/): Memory corruption in HarmonyOS (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-34157](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34157/): Other in HarmonyOS (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-41294](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41294/): Denial of service in HarmonyOS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-48478](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48478/): Denial of service in HarmonyOS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-48479](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48479/): Memory corruption in HarmonyOS (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-54116 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-54116 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 12 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-54116 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Harmonyos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54116/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54116/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-54116
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54116
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-54116

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54116/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.