Medium severity · published Feb 4, 2026
CVE-2026-25508
ESF-IDF Has Memory Safety Vulnerabilities in BLE Provisioning
6.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ESF-IDF is the Espressif Internet of Things (IOT) Development Framework. In versions 5.5.2, 5.4.3, 5.3.4, 5.2.6, and 5.1.6, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability was reported in the BLE ATT Prepare Write handling of the BLE provisioning transport (protocomm_ble). The issue can be triggered by a remote BLE client while the device is in provisioning mode. The transport accumulated prepared-write fragments in a fixed-size buffer but incorrectly tracked the cumulative length. By sending repeated prepare write requests with overlapping offsets, a remote client could cause the reported length to exceed the allocated buffer size. This inflated length was then passed to provisioning handlers during execute-write processing, resulting in an out-of-bounds read and potential memory corruption. This issue has been patched in versions 5.5.3, 5.4.4, 5.3.5, 5.2.7, and 5.1.7.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
esp-idf · espressif
= 5.5.2; = 5.4.3; = 5.3.4; = 5.2.6; = 5.1.6 · source: vendor, NVD