What is CVE-2024-42031?

CVE-2024-42031 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under CWE-16. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2024-42031?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Emui

CVE-2024-42031

Access permission verification vulnerability in the Settings module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

Published 2024-08-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Emui — versions 14.0.0, 13.0.0, 12.0.0
Huawei Harmonyos — versions 4.2.0, 4.0.0, 3.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-16

References

consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2024/8/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42031?: CVE-2024-42031 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under CWE-16. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2024-42031?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.