CVE-2018-18558

MEDIUM

Espressif Esp-idf < 3.0.6 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.6 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1. Insufficient validation of input data in the 2nd stage bootloader allows a physically proximate attacker to bypass secure boot checks and execute arbitrary code, by crafting an application binary that overwrites a bootloader code segment in process_segment in components/bootloader_support/src/esp_image_format.c. The attack is effective when the flash encryption feature is not enabled, or if the attacker finds a different vulnerability that allows them to write this binary to flash memory.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 10.4%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
espressif/esp-idf 2.0 - 3.0.6
Published May 13, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026