CVE-2023-6073 DoS and Control of Volume Settings for VW ID.3 ICAS3 IVI ECU
Attackers can crash the vehicle's infotainment ECU and force maximum audio volume via REST API calls, affecting Volkswagen ID.3 and similar models.
- 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-2023-6073?
CVE-2023-6073 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Volkswagen ID.3, published on 10 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Attacker can perform a Denial of Service attack to crash the ICAS 3 IVI ECU in a Volkswagen ID.3 (and other vehicles of the VW Group with the same hardware) and spoof volume setting commands to irreversibly turn on audio volume to maximum via REST API calls.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6073?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Volkswagen Id.3 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2023-6073?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6073 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-6073 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-6073 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-35gc-287r-3fpq.