CVE-2025-53175 Denial of service in HarmonyOS
Attackers can cause a stack overflow and disrupt file preview functionality in HarmonyOS by providing malicious vector images.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-53175?
CVE-2025-53175 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 7 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack overflow risk when vector images are parsed during file preview Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect the file preview function.
Weakness: CWE-121
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53175?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2025-53175?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53175 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-2025-53175 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53175 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Harmonyos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9jg7-q9g4-g7m9.