CVE-2021-28136

6.5 mediumEPSS 0.8%

The Bluetooth Classic implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 4.4 and earlier does not properly handle the reception of multiple LMP IO Capability Request packets during the pairing process, allowing attackers in radio range to trigger memory corruption (and consequently a crash) in ESP32 via a replayed (duplicated) LMP packet.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

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

EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 57% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2021-09-07
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

espressif:esp-idf

References

https://dl.packetstormsecurity.net/papers/general/braktooth.pdf
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf
https://github.com/espressif/esp32-bt-lib
https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32
https://dl.packetstormsecurity.net/papers/general/braktooth.pdf

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