7.6
HIGH
CVE-2023-33248
Amazon Alexa High-Frequency Command Injection Vulnerability
Description

Amazon Alexa software version 8960323972 on Echo Dot 2nd generation and 3rd generation devices potentially allows attackers to deliver security-relevant commands via an audio signal between 16 and 22 kHz (often outside the range of human adult hearing). Commands at these frequencies are essentially never spoken by authorized actors, but a substantial fraction of the commands are successful.

INFO

Published Date :

May 24, 2023, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 1, 2023, 5:20 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.5

Exploitability Score :

2.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-33248 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Amazon alexa
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-33248.

URL Resource
https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10358 Third Party Advisory
https://cios2023.org/papers Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/reveondivad/nuance Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://sites.google.com/view/nuitattack/home Third Party Advisory
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec23fall-prepub-261-xia-qi.pdf Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://youtu.be/3gEc5ZFWIWo Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-33248 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-33248 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10358 No Types Assigned https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10358 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://cios2023.org/papers No Types Assigned https://cios2023.org/papers Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/reveondivad/nuance No Types Assigned https://github.com/reveondivad/nuance Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://sites.google.com/view/nuitattack/home No Types Assigned https://sites.google.com/view/nuitattack/home Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec23fall-prepub-261-xia-qi.pdf No Types Assigned https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec23fall-prepub-261-xia-qi.pdf Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://youtu.be/3gEc5ZFWIWo No Types Assigned https://youtu.be/3gEc5ZFWIWo Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:amazon:alexa:8960323972:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:amazon:echo_dot:-:*:2nd_gen:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:amazon:echo_dot:-:*:3rd_gen:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-33248 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-33248 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} -0.01%

score

0.22925

percentile

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