Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1/5.1.0 Image File Preview stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1/5.1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Image File Preview. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-53176. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1/5.1.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Image File Preview. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack overflow risk when vector images are parsed during file preview Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect the file preview function.

The advisory is shared at consumer.huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-53176 since 06/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/07/2025).

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-2025-20169). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/27/2025 CVE reserved
07/07/2025 +10 days Advisory disclosed
07/07/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/07/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-53176 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53176
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315077
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2025 07:45
Updated: 07/07/2025 08:23
Changes: 07/07/2025 07:45 (63), 07/07/2025 08:23 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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