Medium severity · published Jul 17, 2023
CVE-2023-35818
An issue was discovered on Espressif ESP32 3.0 (ESP32_rev300 ROM) devices
6.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered on Espressif ESP32 3.0 (ESP32_rev300 ROM) devices. An EMFI attack on ECO3 provides the attacker with a capability to influence the PC value at the CPU context level, regardless of Secure Boot and Flash Encryption status. By using this capability, the attacker can exploit another behavior in the chip to gain unauthorized access to the ROM download mode. Access to ROM download mode may be further exploited to read the encrypted flash content in cleartext format or execute stub code.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EF
Esp-eye Firmware · Espressif
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
EF
Esp32-d0wd-v3 Firmware · Espressif
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
EF
Esp32-d0wdr2-v3 Firmware · Espressif
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
EF
Esp32-devkitc Firmware · Espressif
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
EF
Esp32-devkitm-1 Firmware · Espressif
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
EF
Esp32-mini-1 Firmware · Espressif
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
EF
Esp32-mini-1u Firmware · Espressif
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
EF
Esp32-pico-d4 Firmware · Espressif
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
EF
Esp32-pico-kit Firmware · Espressif
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
EF
Esp32-pico-mini-02 Firmware · Espressif
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
EF
Esp32-pico-mini-02u Firmware · Espressif
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
EF
Esp32-pico-v3 Firmware · Espressif
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35818
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-35818
Product
https://espressif.com
Vendor Advisory
https://www.espressif.com/sites/default/files/advisory_downloads/AR2023-005%20Security%20Advisory%20Concerning%20Bypassing%20Secure%20Boot%20and%20Flash%20Encryption%20Using%20EMFI%20EN.pdf
