OpenharmonyOperating system · Openatom

CVE-2024-39775

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-09-02
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 4.1 or later.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
in OpenHarmony v4.1.0 and prior versions allow a remote attacker cause information leak through out-of-bounds Read.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

OpenHarmony v4.1.0 and prior versions contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to read sensitive information from memory beyond allocated buffers. This information disclosure flaw could expose heap or stack data depending on the affected component's memory layout.

MitigationApply the vendor-provided security update for OpenHarmony to the affected devices. If a patch is unavailable, restrict network exposure of vulnerable services and monitor for indicators of exploitation.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
OpenharmonyOperating system
Affected:>= 4.0, <= 4.1

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify the installed OpenHarmony version
    Run 'syscap' or check /etc/version on the device to determine the exact OpenHarmony release version
    Affected if The installed version is 4.0.x or 4.1.0 (any patch level within 4.0-4.1 range)
  2. Determine if network services are exposed
    Review network listener configurations and check which services are bound to accessible network interfaces using 'netstat -tuln' or similar network diagnostic tools
    Affected if Any OpenHarmony network services handling data parsing are exposed to untrusted network paths
  3. Identify components processing external data
    Audit running processes and identify services that handle remote input, particularly those involved in protocol parsing, file handling, or inter-process communication
    Affected if Components that process untrusted input are running and accessible
  4. Review memory allocation patterns
    Examine logs or crash dumps for any out-of-bounds memory access errors, heap corruption indicators, or unexpected memory reads in system logs
    Affected if Logs contain memory access violations, unexpected read errors, or indications of buffer overruns in OpenHarmony components

The environment is affected if the installed OpenHarmony version falls within the 4.0 to 4.1 range AND network-accessible services process external input, as the vulnerability allows reading beyond allocated buffers in such configurations.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 4.1
Interim mitigation

Apply the vendor-provided security update for OpenHarmony to the affected devices. If a patch is unavailable, restrict network exposure of vulnerable services and monitor for indicators of exploitation.

Fix this in Openharmony Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation8.0 h
  • Implementation16.0 h
  • Testing12.0 h
  • Review / QA6.0 h
42.0 hours of engineering $7,360
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