Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-28136 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Espressif Esp-Idf
Attack vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The Bluetooth Classic implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 4.4 and earlier does not properly handle the reception of multiple LMP IO Capability Request packets during the pairing process, allowing attackers in radio range to trigger memory corruption (and consequently a crash) in ESP32 via a replayed (duplicated) LMP packet.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://dl.packetstormsecurity.net/papers/general/braktooth.pdf
- https://dl.packetstormsecurity.net/papers/general/braktooth.pdf
- https://github.com/espressif/esp32-bt-lib
- https://github.com/espressif/esp32-bt-lib
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf
- https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32
- https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32