CVE-2025-68473: ESF-IDF Has Out-of-Bounds Read in ESP32 Bluetooth SDP Result Handling

Description

ESF-IDF is the Espressif Internet of Things (IOT) Development Framework. In versions 5.5.1, 5.4.3, 5.3.4, 5.2.6, 5.1.6, and earlier, in the ESP-IDF Bluetooth host stack (BlueDroid), the function bta_dm_sdp_result() used a fixed-size array uuid_list[32][MAX_UUID_SIZE] to store discovered service UUIDs during the SDP (Service Discovery Protocol) process. On modern Bluetooth devices, it is possible for the number of available services to exceed this fixed limit (32). In such cases, if more than 32 services are discovered, subsequent writes to uuid_list could exceed the bounds of the array, resulting in a potential out-of-bounds write condition.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

ES

esp-idf · espressif

>= 5.5-beta1, <= 5.5.1; >= 5.4-beta1, <= 5.4.3; >= 5.3-beta1, <= 5.3.4; >= 5.2-beta1, <= 5.2.6; <= 5.1.6 · source: vendor, NVD