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CVE-2021-38548

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-38548, dubbed a "Glowworm" attack, affects JBL Go 2 devices by allowing remote attackers to recover speech signals from the device's power indicator LED. This is achieved by observing the LED's light intensity, which correlates with the speaker's power consumption and thus the audio being played. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high confidentiality impact but high attack complexity due to the specialized equipment required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2021-08-09CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:jbl:go_2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0129 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

nassiben.com / glowworm-attack
ExploitThird Party Advisory