CVE-2024-57962 Denial of service in HarmonyOS
Attackers can disrupt availability in the HarmonyOS VPN service due to incomplete verification information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-57962?
CVE-2024-57962 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 6 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Vulnerability of incomplete verification information in the VPN service module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
Weakness: CWE-701
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57962?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2024-57962?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-57962 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-2024-57962 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57962 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Harmonyos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7vpm-4pp6-mgv3.