CVE-2017-18347

Public Exploit

Description

Incorrect access control in RDP Level 1 on STMicroelectronics STM32F0 series devices allows physically present attackers to extract the device's protected firmware via a special sequence of Serial Wire Debug (SWD) commands because there is a race condition between full initialization of the SWD interface and the setup of flash protection.

Category

4.6
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
Vendor Advisory st.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://community.st.com/s/question/0D50X00009Xke7aSAB/readout-protection-cracked-on-stm32 vendor advisory
https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot17/workshop-program/presentation/obermaier third party advisory exploit
https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/en/FirmwareProtection.html third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-18347?
CVE-2017-18347 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-18347?
To fix CVE-2017-18347, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-18347 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-18347 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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