CVE-2022-24936 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Out-of-Bounds error in GBL parser in Silicon Labs Gecko Bootloader version 4.0.1 and earlier allows attacker to overwrite flash Sign key and OTA decryption key via malicious bootloader upgrade.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00446.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

silabs.com

Gecko Bootloader

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 4.0.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:silabs:gecko_bootloader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Silabs Subscribe	Gecko Bootloader Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-29691	Out-of-Bounds error in GBL parser in Silicon Labs Gecko Bootloader version 4.0.1 and earlier allows attacker to overwrite flash Sign key and OTA decryption key via malicious bootloader upgrade.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://community.silabs.com/sfc/servlet.shepherd/document/download/0698Y00000Gdop4QAB?operationContext=S1
https://github.com/SiliconLabs/gecko_sdk/blame/2e82050dc8823c9fe0e8908c1b2666fb83056230/platform/bootloader/core/btl_bootload.c

History

Fri, 02 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Silabs

Published: 2022-11-02T17:25:38.758Z

Updated: 2025-05-02T16:14:05.273Z

Reserved: 2022-02-10T22:28:43.264Z

Link: CVE-2022-24936

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T04:29:01.604Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-02T18:15:10.470

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:51:25.400

Link: CVE-2022-24936

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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