#VU122244 Out-of-bounds read in ESP-IDF - CVE-2026-25508
Published: February 3, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU122244
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-25508
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ESP-IDF
ESP-IDF
Software vendor:
Espressif Systems
Espressif Systems
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the BLE ATT Prepare Write handling of the BLE provisioning transport. A remote attacker on the local network can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.