CVE-2025-9709
NRF52810 Runtime EM Fault Injection APPROTECT Bypass
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.6 High
- Published
- Sep 5, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 5, 2025
- Reserved
- Aug 29, 2025
Description
On-Chip Debug and Test Interface With Improper Access Control and Improper Protection against Electromagnetic Fault Injection (EM-FI) in Nordic Semiconductor nRF52810 allow attacker to perform EM Fault Injection and bypass APPROTECT at runtime, requiring the least amount of modification to the hardware system possible.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.6 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P | Toreon |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
nRF52810Nordic Semiconductor |
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References
- https://raelize.com/upload/research/2022/No_Hat_2022_-_Glitching_devices_for_code_execution_v1.1.pdf
- https://raelize.com/upload/research/2025/Dartmouth_202505_False-Injections-Tales-of-Physics-Misconceptions-and-Weird-Machines_v1.1.pdf
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27211
- https://www.toreon.com/cve-2025-9709-major-vulnerability-in-common-chip/
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