Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-21860

High

Published: 02 February 2024

Published
02 February 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0004 13.9th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-21860 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation of Remote Services (T1210); ranked at the 13.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

in OpenHarmony v4.0.0 and prior versions allow an adjacent attacker arbitrary code execution in any apps through use after free.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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Why these techniques?

Use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2024-21860) in OpenHarmony softbus (communication_dsoftbus) allows an adjacent attacker arbitrary code execution in any application, enabling exploitation of remote services.

Affected Assets

openatom
openharmony
4.0 · 3.2.0 — 3.2.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References