OpenHarmony Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Leading to Denial-of-Service

A denial-of-service vulnerability has been identified in OpenHarmony versions through 5.0.2. This issue allows local attackers to cause a denial-of-service condition by exploiting a buffer overflow.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability leads to a denial-of-service condition, causing the system to become unresponsive or unavailable.

Remediation

Users can apply the available patch by merging the pull request specific to their version branch. Instructions for this can be found in the OpenHarmony security repository on Gitee.