Local screen-content disclosure via cross-process UI stacking
Published Dec 12, 2024 · Updated Sep 18, 2025
Improper UI-layer restriction in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0 allows local users to disclose screen content through UIExtension. The UIExtension module fails to restrict a cross-process screen stack, allowing one process's UI layer to expose content belonging to another process. Exploitation requires local execution and user interaction; Huawei reports a confidentiality impact without identifying the exposed screen content.
Summary
What happened
Improper UI-layer restriction in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0 allows local users to disclose screen content through UIExtension. The UIExtension module fails to restrict a cross-process screen stack, allowing one process's UI layer to expose content belonging to another process. Exploitation requires local execution and user interaction; Huawei reports a confidentiality impact without identifying the exposed screen content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-54112
- Published
- Dec 12, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 18, 2025
- Vendor
- MindSpore
- Product
- HarmonyOS
- Classifications
- CWE-1021
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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