Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-33248 - Unspecified vulnerability in Amazon Alexa 8960323972
Attack vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH low complexity
amazon
Summary
Amazon Alexa software version 8960323972 on Echo Dot 2nd generation and 3rd generation devices potentially allows attackers to deliver security-relevant commands via an audio signal between 16 and 22 kHz (often outside the range of human adult hearing). Commands at these frequencies are essentially never spoken by authorized actors, but a substantial fraction of the commands are successful.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 1 | |
| Hardware | 2 |
References
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10358
- https://cios2023.org/papers
- https://github.com/reveondivad/nuance
- https://sites.google.com/view/nuitattack/home
- https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec23fall-prepub-261-xia-qi.pdf
- https://youtu.be/3gEc5ZFWIWo
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10358
- https://youtu.be/3gEc5ZFWIWo
- https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec23fall-prepub-261-xia-qi.pdf
- https://sites.google.com/view/nuitattack/home
- https://github.com/reveondivad/nuance
- https://cios2023.org/papers