CVE-2025-55297
What it is
ESF-IDF is the Espressif Internet of Things (IOT) Development Framework. The BluFi example bundled in ESP-IDF was vulnerable to memory overflows in two areas: Wi-Fi credential handling and Diffie–Hellman key exchange. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.4.1, 5.3.3, 5.1.6, and 5.0.9.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited from the same network segment without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.2 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-120 · Classic buffer overflow
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Espressif esp-idf < 5.0.9
- Espressif esp-idf < 5.1.6
- Espressif esp-idf < 5.3.3
- Espressif esp-idf < 5.4.1
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 5.2
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2025-55297.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2025-55297. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/12b7a9e6d78012ab9184b7ccdb5524364bf7e345
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/3fc6c93936077cb1659e1f0e0268e62cf6423e9d
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/5f93ec3b11b6115475c34de57093b3672d594e8f
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/9cb7206d4ae8fd8f4296cd57d6c78a1656f42efa
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/abc18e93eb3500dbec74c3e589671ef82c8b3919
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/b1657d9dd4d0e48ed25e02cb8fe8413f479a2a84
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/bf50c0c197af30990026c8f8286298d2aa5a3c99
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/cb6929a2e6f2ff130b742332dc15eb23006c7cc9
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/cc00e9f2fc4f7e8fbaff27851b4a8b45fa483501
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/e65cf7ea2a2be52219ec9d4efc44aed5e490e91c
References
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/12b7a9e6d78012ab9184b7ccdb5524364bf7e345
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/3fc6c93936077cb1659e1f0e0268e62cf6423e9d
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/5f93ec3b11b6115475c34de57093b3672d594e8f
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/9cb7206d4ae8fd8f4296cd57d6c78a1656f42efa
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/abc18e93eb3500dbec74c3e589671ef82c8b3919
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/b1657d9dd4d0e48ed25e02cb8fe8413f479a2a84
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/bf50c0c197af30990026c8f8286298d2aa5a3c99
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/cb6929a2e6f2ff130b742332dc15eb23006c7cc9
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/cc00e9f2fc4f7e8fbaff27851b4a8b45fa483501
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/e65cf7ea2a2be52219ec9d4efc44aed5e490e91c
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/f40aa9c587a8e570dfde2e6330382dcd170d5a5d
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/f77da0d5b5382635c99e6708551b73802ad1213d
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/security/advisories/GHSA-9w88-r2vm-qfc4