Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Affecting openharmony/kernel_liteos_a package, versions [,5.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENHARMONYKERNELLITEOSA-8171488
  • published 9 Oct 2024
  • disclosed 8 Oct 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade openharmony/kernel_liteos_a to version 5.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime through the memory management process. An attacker can cause a denial of service by exploiting the memory leak to exhaust system resources.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
4.8 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    Low
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None