Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LSummary
CVE-2024-57956 is a low-severity Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow (CWE-680) vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos. Its CVSS base score is 2.8 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 11th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-57956 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability (CWE-680, CWE-125) in the interpreter string module. Published on 2025-02-06, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 2.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) and has been disclosed in a Huawei consumer security bulletin.
Exploitation requires local access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and user interaction from the target user. A successful attack can affect system availability with low impact, such as causing a partial denial of service.
Huawei's security bulletin at https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2025/2/ provides details on the vulnerability and recommended mitigations or patches.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-53858
Vulnerability Data
Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the interpreter string module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and analysis (static, dynamic, fuzzing) finds integer-overflow-to-allocation defects before deployment.
Mandates documented development standards and tools that enforce secure coding rules against unsafe integer arithmetic.
Requires engineering principles such as safe arithmetic and bounds-checked allocation that directly stop integer overflow during memory-size computation.
Process isolation confines the effects of an out-of-bounds read to the compromised process.
Validates untrusted size/offset inputs before they reach allocation calculations, structurally blocking the integer overflow path.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly prevent integer-overflow flaws during development, but eliminating only this CWE covers only part of the broad control intent.
Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover instances of out-of-bounds reads after code is deployed.
Routine patching replaces vulnerable code containing out-of-bounds read flaws.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect integer-overflow-to-buffer-overflow conditions during development.
Logging can record evidence of an out-of-bounds read but does not prevent the weakness itself.
Secure development life cycle mandates practices that can catch integer overflows before deployment.
Application security requirements can specify safe integer handling and bounds checking.
Secure architecture principles encourage use of safe arithmetic libraries and overflow detection.
Secure coding standards directly require prevention of integer overflows that lead to buffer overflows.