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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-17391

Lack of anti-glitch mitigations in the first stage bootloader of the ESP32 chip allows an attacker (with physical access to the device) to read the contents of read-protected eFuses, such as flash encryption and secure boot keys, by injecting a glitch…

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.24%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in the Espressif ESP32 mask ROM code 2016-06-08 0 through 2. Lack of anti-glitch mitigations in the first stage bootloader of the ESP32 chip allows an attacker (with physical access to the device) to read the contents of read-protected eFuses, such as flash encryption and secure boot keys, by injecting a glitch into the power supply of the chip shortly after reset.

CVSS 3.1
4.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.24% probability · 15th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-755
Affected
espressif/esp32-d0wd firmware · espressif/esp32-d2wd firmware · espressif/esp32-s0wd firmware · espressif/esp32-pico-d4 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.