CVE-2024-57959

Feature disruption via display use-after-free

Published Feb 6, 2025 · Updated Feb 6, 2025

Use-after-free in Huawei HarmonyOS 4.0.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.0, and 5.0.0 and EMUI 14.0.0 allows local users to disrupt features. The display module accesses memory after it has been freed, but Huawei has not disclosed the affected object, code path, or triggering input. Low-privilege local access is required, and successful exploitation can cause device features to operate abnormally without a reported confidentiality impact.

CVSS severity6.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.23%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Use-after-free in Huawei HarmonyOS 4.0.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.0, and 5.0.0 and EMUI 14.0.0 allows local users to disrupt features. The display module accesses memory after it has been freed, but Huawei has not disclosed the affected object, code path, or triggering input. Low-privilege local access is required, and successful exploitation can cause device features to operate abnormally without a reported confidentiality impact.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-57959
Published
Feb 6, 2025
Updated
Feb 6, 2025
Vendor
MindSpore
Product
HarmonyOS
Classifications
CWE-416
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 6, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 6, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=4.0.0
  2. Affected versionversion=4.2.0
  3. Affected versionversion=4.3.0
  4. Affected versionversion=5.0.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

MindSpore · HarmonyOSversion=4.0.0; version=4.2.0; version=4.3.0; version=5.0.0
MindSpore · EMUIversion=14.0.0

Published CVSS scores

6.1Huawei TechnologiesCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-416Use After Free

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