CVE-2023-3488 Uninitialized variable in Gecko Bootloader can leak secure stack
An attacker can leak data from the secure stack by providing a malformed GBL file to the Gecko Bootloader due to an uninitialized variable.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-3488?
CVE-2023-3488 is a low-severity vulnerability in silabs.com Gecko Bootloader, published on 28 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Uninitialized buffer in GBL parser in Silicon Labs GSDK v4.3.0 and earlier allows attacker to leak data from Secure stack via malformed GBL file.
Weakness: CWE-908
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3488?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Silabs Gecko Software Development Kit.
How do I fix CVE-2023-3488?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3488 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-3488 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3488 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in silabs.com Gecko Bootloader
- CVE-2023-45318 Memory corruption in Gecko Platform
- CVE-2023-2686 Memory corruption in Gecko Platform
- CVE-2023-4280 Unvalidated input in Silicon Labs TrustZone implementation leads to accessing Trusted memory region
- CVE-2023-4020 Unvalidated input in Silicon Labs PSA Attestation service leads to secure memory access from non-secure memory
- CVE-2023-25181 Memory corruption in Cesium NET
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p3wg-g3gr-3fxj.