VDB-268657 · CVE-2024-36501 · GCVE-0-2024-36501

Huawei HarmonyOS/EMUI out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-36501. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory management vulnerability in the boottime module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can affect integrity.

The advisory is shared at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-36501 since 05/29/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/17/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

Name

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.5
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CNA Base Score: 5.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/29/2024 🔍
06/14/2024 +16 days 🔍
06/14/2024 +0 days 🔍
07/17/2024 +33 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-36501 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-36501
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-268657

Entryinfo

Created: 06/14/2024 09:42
Updated: 07/17/2024 13:24
Changes: 06/14/2024 09:42 (59), 07/17/2024 13:24 (12)
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