CVE-2025-54102: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2025-54102) was discovered in the Windows Connected Devices Platform Service. The vulnerability was disclosed on December 12, 2024, and received its last modification on January 14, 2025. This security flaw affects HarmonyOS versions 4.2.0 and 5.0.0 (NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as a race condition in the DDR module. According to the CVSS 3.1 scoring system, it received a base score of 5.9 (Medium) from NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, while Huawei Technologies assessed it at 6.1 (Medium) with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-362, which refers to Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (NVD).

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality. The vulnerability can be used for privilege elevation in the Connected Devices Platform Service (NVD, GBHackers).

Huawei has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest version of the affected software (Huawei Bulletin).