Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-36243

High

Published: 02 July 2024

Published
02 July 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:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0196 83.9th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-36243 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 16.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

in OpenHarmony v4.0.0 and prior versions allow a remote attacker arbitrary code execution in pre-installed apps through out-of-bounds read and write.

CWE(s)
CWE-125CWE-787

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

Remote out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability in OpenHarmony ETS runtime allows arbitrary code execution in pre-installed/privileged apps, enabling exploitation of public-facing applications for initial access (T1190) and exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068).

Affected Assets

openatom
openharmony
≤ 4.0

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-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

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