CVE-2024-6657

BLE peripheral DoS after few cycles of connect/disconnects

Description

A denial of service may be caused to a single peripheral device in a BLE network when multiple central devices continuously connect and disconnect to the peripheral. A hard reset is required to recover the peripheral device.

Remediation

Solution:

  • To mitigate the issue, upgrade to:  * EFR32 BLE SDK 7.1.2(GSDK 4.4.4) or later except BLE SDK 8.0.0(SiSDK 2024.6.0) * EFR32 BLE SDK 8.1.0 (SiSDK 2024.6.1) or later

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory silabs.com
Affected: silabs.com EFR32 BLE SDK
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000FfVNN vendor advisory permissions required

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-6657?
CVE-2024-6657 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-6657?
To fix CVE-2024-6657: To mitigate the issue, upgrade to:  * EFR32 BLE SDK 7.1.2(GSDK 4.4.4) or later except BLE SDK 8.0.0(SiSDK 2024.6.0) * EFR32 BLE SDK 8.1.0 (SiSDK 2024.6.1) or later
Is CVE-2024-6657 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2024-6657 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2024-6657?
CVE-2024-6657 affects silabs.com EFR32 BLE SDK.
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