As UART download mode is still enabled on the ESP32 chip on which the firmware runs, an adversary can dump the flash from the device and retrieve sensitive information such as details about the current and previous Wi-Fi network from the NVS partition. Additionally, this allows the adversary to reflash the device with their own firmware which may contain malicious modifications.
History

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-1191
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Espressif
Espressif esp32
Vendors & Products Espressif
Espressif esp32

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:45:00 +0000

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Description As UART download mode is still enabled on the ESP32 chip on which the firmware runs, an adversary can dump the flash from the device and retrieve sensitive information such as details about the current and previous Wi-Fi network from the NVS partition. Additionally, this allows the adversary to reflash the device with their own firmware which may contain malicious modifications.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-12-11T20:36:05.419Z

Reserved: 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-65821

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-11T20:20:24.441Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-10T21:16:07.797

Modified: 2025-12-11T21:15:55.400

Link: CVE-2025-65821

cve-icon Redhat

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