CVE-2020-12717 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in several COVID-19 contact tracing applications, including COVIDSafe (Australia), ABTraceTogether (Alberta), ProteGO (Poland), and TraceTogether (Singapore). A remote attacker could crash these apps by sending a malformed Bluetooth advertisement with insufficient manufacturer data, disrupting contact tracing efforts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating an attack vector that is adjacent network, low complexity, and results in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alberta:abtracetogether:-:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gov:protego_safe:-:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:health:covidsafe:1.0:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:health:covidsafe:1.1:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tracetogether:tracetogether:-:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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