CVE-2024-47290

Service interruption via USB null pointer dereference

Published Sep 27, 2024 · Updated Sep 27, 2024

Null pointer dereference in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI USB service modules allows local users to disrupt device availability via crafted input. Huawei identifies an input-validation failure and CWE-476 but does not disclose the rejected input, pointer, or dereference operation. Exploitation requires local access and user interaction without prior authentication; no confidentiality or integrity impact is reported.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.10%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Null pointer dereference in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI USB service modules allows local users to disrupt device availability via crafted input. Huawei identifies an input-validation failure and CWE-476 but does not disclose the rejected input, pointer, or dereference operation. Exploitation requires local access and user interaction without prior authentication; no confidentiality or integrity impact is reported.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-47290
Published
Sep 27, 2024
Updated
Sep 27, 2024
Vendor
MindSpore
Product
HarmonyOS
Classifications
CWE-476
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 27, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 27, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=2.0.0
  2. Affected versionversion=2.1.0
  3. Affected versionversion=3.0.0
  4. Affected versionversion=3.1.0
  5. Affected versionversion=4.0.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

MindSpore · HarmonyOSversion=2.0.0; version=2.1.0; version=3.0.0; version=3.1.0; version=4.0.0
MindSpore · EMUIversion=12.0.0; version=13.0.0; version=14.0.0

Published CVSS scores

5.5Huawei TechnologiesCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

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