Denial of Service Vulnerability in Espressif ESP-IDF 4.2 and Earlier: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Controller Implementation

CVE-2020-13594 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

The Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) controller implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 4.2 and earlier (for ESP32 devices) does not properly restrict the channel map field of the connection request packet on reception, allowing attackers in radio range to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted packet.

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