fkie_cve-2025-27840
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-03-08 20:15
Modified
2025-03-12 14:58
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Espressif ESP32 chips allow 29 hidden HCI commands, such as 0xFC02 (Write memory).
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| espressif | esp32_firmware | - | |
| espressif | esp32 | - |
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