CVE-2022-0553 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

There is no check to see if slot 0 is being uploaded from the device to the host. When using encrypted images this means the unencrypted firmware can be retrieved easily.

Published: 2023-01-11

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

zephyrproject-rtos

zephyr

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	≤ v3.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-15675	There is no check to see if slot 0 is being uploaded from the device to the host. When using encrypted images this means the unencrypted firmware can be retrieved easily.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-wrj2-9vj9-rrcp

History

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Zephyrproject Zephyr

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zephyr

Published: 2023-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-09T13:52:59.802Z

Reserved: 2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-0553

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:32:46.433Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-11T04:15:10.070

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:38:54.090

Link: CVE-2022-0553

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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