BLE peripheral DoS after few cycles of connect/disconnects
Priority LOW 28CWE-821Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A denial of service may be caused to a single peripheral device in a BLE network when multiple central devices continuously connect and disconnect to the peripheral. A hard reset is required to recover the peripheral device.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00197 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| silabs.com | EFR32 BLE SDK | 7.1.0 – 7.1.1; 8.0.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- EFR32 BLE SDK Vendorsilabs.com Affected 7.1.0 – 7.1.1; 8.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6657
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4vhv-rmg8-wc9v
References
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- TI-2023-12937 Memory corruption in silabs.com Gecko Platform CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-6657 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-6657 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4vhv-rmg8-wc9v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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