What is CVE-2022-38701?

CVE-2022-38701 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2022-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2022-38701?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Openatom Openharmony

CVE-2022-38701

OpenHarmony-v3.1.2 and prior versions have a heap overflow vulnerability. Local attackers can trigger a heap overflow and get network sensitive information.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-09-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Openatom Openharmony
Openharmony — versions OpenHarmony-v3.1.x-Release, OpenHarmony-v3.0.x-LTS

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

gitee.com/openharmony/security/blob/master/en/security-disclosure/2022/2022-09… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38701?: CVE-2022-38701 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2022-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2022-38701?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.