CVE-2026-25508
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).
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 3.1
- 6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.21% probability · 12th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- espressif/esp-idf
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/0540c85140c2c06c0cbecc8843277ea676d5c4a9Patch
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/1ff264abf2504cade46f0ce3a03f821310bcf6d7Patch
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/47552ff4fd824caf38215468ebd2f31fb5f36d70Patch
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/4c3fdcd316f780bab4ae5aa73c9626ea9fe24ac6Patch
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/894c28afe3f2f8f31ff25b64191883517dddb5cfPatch
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/cde7b7362adc15638c141c249681cbe5d23de663Patch
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/dba9a7dc01e4dab14c77d328f6a6f46369aeee63Patch
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/security/advisories/GHSA-9j5x-rf36-54x9Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.