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CVE-2023-35818

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-35818 affects Espressif ESP32 3.0 (ESP32_rev300 ROM) devices, allowing an attacker to manipulate the CPU's program counter via an EMFI attack on ECO3. This bypasses Secure Boot and Flash Encryption, granting unauthorized access to the ROM download mode. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), the vulnerability has a physical attack vector (AV:P) and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), as it can lead to reading encrypted flash content or executing arbitrary code. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:espressif:esp32-d0wd-v3_firmware:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:espressif:esp32-d0wd-v3_firmware:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:espressif:esp32-d0wdr2-v3_firmware:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:espressif:esp32-d0wdr2-v3_firmware:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:espressif:esp32-u4wdh_firmware:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 1,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

espressif.com
Product
espressif.com / sites/default/files/advisory_downloads/AR2023-005%20Security%20Advisory%20Concerning%20Bypassing%20Secure%20Boot%20and%20Flash%20Encryption%20Using%20EMFI%20EN.pdf
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