CVE-2021-28136

MEDIUM

Espressif ESP-IDF <4.4 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Bluetooth Classic implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 4.4 and earlier does not properly handle the reception of multiple LMP IO Capability Request packets during the pairing process, allowing attackers in radio range to trigger memory corruption (and consequently a crash) in ESP32 via a replayed (duplicated) LMP packet.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Product, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf
Product, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/espressif/esp32-bt-lib
Product, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32
Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://dl.packetstormsecurity.net/papers/general/braktooth.pdf

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 49.2%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
espressif/esp-idf < 4.4
Published Sep 07, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026