Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Affecting SiliconLabs/gecko_sdk package, versions [,4.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications

Snyk Learn

Learn about Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.

Start learning
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SILICONLABSGECKOSDK-6252554
  • published19 Feb 2024
  • disclosed15 Feb 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-0240  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SiliconLabs/gecko_sdk to version 4.3.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption due to a memory leak in the Bluetooth stack for EFR32 products. An attacker can cause memory to be exhausted when sending notifications to multiple clients, resulting in all Bluetooth operations, such as advertising and scanning, to stop.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1