VDB-303596 · CVE-2024-58109 · EUVD-2025-9961

Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0 Codec buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Codec Module. Such manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-58109. The attack requires being on the local network. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Codec Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow vulnerability in the codec module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

The advisory is shared for download at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-58109 since 03/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 10/04/2025).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-9961). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

Name

HarmonyOS

Version

5.0.0

License

commercial

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.6
CNA Vector (huawei): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/27/2025 🔍
04/07/2025 +10 days 🔍
04/07/2025 +0 days 🔍
10/04/2025 +180 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-58109 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-58109
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303596
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 04/07/2025 07:45
Updated: 10/04/2025 20:06
Changes: 04/07/2025 07:45 (63), 10/04/2025 20:06 (1)
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