CVE-2024-57961: OOB Write in Android emcom Module Causes Abnormal Features
CVE-2024-57961 Published on February 6, 2025
Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the emcom module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause features to perform abnormally.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-57961 can be exploited with local system access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2024-57961 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-57961
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Affected Versions
Huawei HarmonyOS:- Version 4.2.0 is affected.
- Version 3.0.0 is affected.
- Version 13.0.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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