Description
On Hyundai Pay Kasse HK-1000 devices, a side channel for the row-based OLED display was found. The power consumption of each row-based display cycle depends on the number of illuminated pixels, allowing a partial recovery of display contents. For example, a hardware implant in the USB cable might be able to leverage this behavior to recover confidential secrets such as the PIN and BIP39 mnemonic. In other words, the side channel is relevant only if the attacker has enough control over the device's USB connection to make power-consumption measurements at a time when secret data is displayed. The side channel is not relevant in other circumstances, such as a stolen device that is not currently displaying secret data.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blog.inhq.net/posts/oled-side-channel-status-summary/
Scores
CVSS v3
4.6
EPSS
0.0039
EPSS Percentile
30.6%
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-203
Status
published
Products (3)
hyundai/kasse_hk-1000_firmware
hyundai-pay/hk-1000
hyundai-pay/kasse_hk-1000_firmware
Published
Nov 02, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026