CVE-2024-57956
Published: 06 February 2025
Summary
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 Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 15.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-16 (Memory Protection) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly requires timely remediation of identified software flaws like the out-of-bounds read in the interpreter string module through patching as provided in the Huawei security bulletin.
Implements memory protection mechanisms that restrict unauthorized memory access, mitigating exploitation of the out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
Validates inputs to the interpreter string module to block malformed strings that could trigger the out-of-bounds read.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
OOB read enables local partial DoS via application/system exploitation; low impact and UI requirement limit other mappings.
NVD Description
Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the interpreter string module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
Deeper analysisAI
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.
Details
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