CVE-2024-51513

Increased power use via lingering VPN processes

Published Nov 5, 2024 · Updated Sep 18, 2025

Resource consumption in the VPN module in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0 allows attackers to increase power use through local interaction. The VPN module fails to terminate processes completely, leaving them resident and continuing to consume power. Exploitation requires local access and user interaction; the published consequence is limited to increased power consumption.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.11%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Resource consumption in the VPN module in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0 allows attackers to increase power use through local interaction. The VPN module fails to terminate processes completely, leaving them resident and continuing to consume power. Exploitation requires local access and user interaction; the published consequence is limited to increased power consumption.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-51513
Published
Nov 5, 2024
Updated
Sep 18, 2025
Vendor
MindSpore
Product
HarmonyOS
Classifications
CWE-400
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=5.0.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

MindSpore · HarmonyOSversion=5.0.0

Published CVSS scores

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

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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-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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