CVE-2023-33248
Amazon Alexa software version 8960323972 on Echo Dot 2nd generation and 3rd generation devices...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-33248- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-33248- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-37416
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.
- Record
EUVD-2023-37416- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8pwg-75cm-557h
Amazon Alexa software version 8960323972 on Echo Dot 2nd generation and 3rd generation devices...
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.
- Record
GHSA-8pwg-75cm-557h- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - 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-2023-33248 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.6) in Amazon Alexa, published May 24, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.67%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.