CVE-2020-15531
Silicon Labs Bluetooth Low Energy SDK before 2.13.3 has a buffer overflow via packet data. This...
Silicon Labs Bluetooth Low Energy SDK before 2.13.3 has a buffer overflow via packet data. This is an over-the-air remote code execution vulnerability in Bluetooth LE in EFR32 SoCs and associated modules running Bluetooth SDK, supporting Central or Observer roles.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
8.8
Silicon Labs Bluetooth Low Energy SDK before 2.13.3 has a buffer overflow via packet data. This is an over-the-air remote code execution vulnerability in Bluetooth LE in EFR32 SoCs and associated modules running Bluetooth SDK, supporting Central or Observer roles.
- Record
CVE-2020-15531- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Silicon Labs Bluetooth Low Energy SDK before 2.13.3 has a buffer overflow via packet data. This is an over-the-air remote code execution vulnerability in Bluetooth LE in EFR32 SoCs and associated modules running Bluetooth SDK, supporting Central or Observer roles.
- Record
CVE-2020-15531- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7518 No score
Silicon Labs Bluetooth Low Energy SDK before 2.13.3 has a buffer overflow via packet data. This is an over-the-air remote code execution vulnerability in Bluetooth LE in EFR32 SoCs and associated modules running Bluetooth SDK, supporting Central or Observer roles.
- Record
EUVD-2020-7518- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7x2r-4hx9-vpj8 No score
Silicon Labs Bluetooth Low Energy SDK before 2.13.3 has a buffer overflow via packet data. This...
Silicon Labs Bluetooth Low Energy SDK before 2.13.3 has a buffer overflow via packet data. This is an over-the-air remote code execution vulnerability in Bluetooth LE in EFR32 SoCs and associated modules running Bluetooth SDK, supporting Central or Observer roles.
- Record
GHSA-7x2r-4hx9-vpj8- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-15531 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Silabs Bluetooth Low Energy Software Development Kit, published August 19, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.16%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
blackhat.com/us-20/briefings/schedule
github.com/darkmentorllc/jackbnimble/blob/master/host/pocs/silabs_efr32_extadv_rce.py
youtube.com/watch?v=saoTr1NwdzM
github.com/darkmentorllc/publications/tree/master/2020/TI_SILABS_BLE_RCEs
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15531
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7x2r-4hx9-vpj8