CVE-2025-55297

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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/12b7a9e6d78012ab9184b7ccdb5524364bf7e345	Patch
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/3fc6c93936077cb1659e1f0e0268e62cf6423e9d	Patch
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/5f93ec3b11b6115475c34de57093b3672d594e8f	Patch
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/9cb7206d4ae8fd8f4296cd57d6c78a1656f42efa	Patch
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/abc18e93eb3500dbec74c3e589671ef82c8b3919	Patch
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/b1657d9dd4d0e48ed25e02cb8fe8413f479a2a84	Patch
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/bf50c0c197af30990026c8f8286298d2aa5a3c99	Patch
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/cb6929a2e6f2ff130b742332dc15eb23006c7cc9	Patch
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/cc00e9f2fc4f7e8fbaff27851b4a8b45fa483501	Patch
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/e65cf7ea2a2be52219ec9d4efc44aed5e490e91c	Patch
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/f40aa9c587a8e570dfde2e6330382dcd170d5a5d	Patch
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commit/f77da0d5b5382635c99e6708551b73802ad1213d	Patch
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/security/advisories/GHSA-9w88-r2vm-qfc4	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2025-08-21 15:15

Updated : 2026-01-22 16:04

NVD link : CVE-2025-55297

Mitre link : CVE-2025-55297

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-55297

JSON object : View

Products Affected

espressif

esp-idf

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-131

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

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