What is CVE-2024-56438?

CVE-2024-56438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2025-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2024-56438?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Huawei Emui

CVE-2024-56438

Vulnerability of improper memory address protection in the HUKS module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (9.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

psirt@huawei.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56438?: CVE-2024-56438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2025-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2024-56438?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.