CVE-2025-64342
MEDIUMESP-IDF 5.1-5.5 - Denial of Service via Invalid Access Address in Advertising Mode
Title source: llmDescription
ESF-IDF is the Espressif Internet of Things (IOT) Development Framework. When the ESP32 is in advertising mode, if it receives a connection request containing an invalid Access Address (AA) of 0x00000000 or 0xFFFFFFFF, advertising may stop unexpectedly. In this case, the controller may incorrectly report a connection event to the host, which can cause the application layer to assume that the device has successfully established a connection. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.5.2, 5.4.3, 5.3.5, 5.2.6, and 5.1.7. At time of publication versions 5.5.2, 5.3.5, and 5.1.7 have not been released but are fixed respectively in commits 3b95b50, e3d7042, and 75967b5.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/security/advisories/GHSA-8mg7-9qpg-p92v
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/309f031dd6b04de30c926a256508c65b0df95dfa
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/3b95b50703cd3301a370cffaa1cc299b1941fe2a
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/75967b578563ea7876dc215251cbb6d64bc9d768
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/8ec541023684d33b498fa21c5b4724bce748aa7b
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/bf66761962579f73aea682d1154b9c99b9d3d7dc
Scores
CVSS v4
6.9
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
25.1%
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-754
Status
published
Products (5)
espressif/esp-idf
< 5.1.7
espressif/esp-idf
>= 5.2-beta1, < 5.2.6
espressif/esp-idf
>= 5.3-beta1, < 5.3.5
espressif/esp-idf
>= 5.4-beta1, < 5.4.3
espressif/esp-idf
>= 5.5-beta1, < 5.5.2
Published
Nov 17, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026