CVE-2020-15531

Published: Aug 19, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-120

8.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

Silicon Labs Bluetooth Low Energy SDK before 2.13.3 has a buffer overflow via packet data. This is an over-the-air remote code execution vulnerability in Bluetooth LE in EFR32 SoCs and associated modules running Bluetooth SDK, supporting Central or Observer roles.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:AAttack Vector

Adjacent

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected Products

silabs

commercial·USaka gecko sdk, emberznet, silicon labs, z-wave sdk

bluetooth low energy software development kit

Hardware Firmware / cpu-gpu

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

https://github.com/darkmentorllc/jackbnimble/blob/master/host/pocs/silabs_efr32_extadv_rce.py

github.com

https://github.com/darkmentorllc/publications/tree/master/2020/TI_SILABS_BLE_RCEs

github.com

https://www.blackhat.com/us-20/briefings/schedule/#finding-new-bluetooth-low-energy-exploits-via-reverse-engineering-multiple-vendors-firmwares-19655

blackhat.com

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