Huawei HarmonyOS 6.0.0 HDC Module heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS 6.0.0. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component HDC Module. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-24922. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS 6.0.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component HDC Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow vulnerability in the HDC 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-2026-24922 since 01/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/11/2026).

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/28/2026 CVE reserved
02/06/2026 +9 days Advisory disclosed
02/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/11/2026 +5 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-24922 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-24922
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-344672

Entryinfo

Created: 02/06/2026 12:05
Updated: 02/11/2026 08:42
Changes: 02/06/2026 12:05 (63), 02/11/2026 08:42 (11)
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