Medium severity · published Jan 11, 2023
CVE-2022-0553
There is no check to see if slot 0 is being uploaded from the device to the host
4.6
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is no check to see if slot 0 is being uploaded from the device to the host. When using encrypted images this means the unencrypted firmware can be retrieved easily.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZE
Zephyr · Zephyrproject
before 3.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0553
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0553
Exploit
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-wrj2-9vj9-rrcp
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