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They take that those articles are mostly "clickbait".
Agreed, the article is from the class of media hype.
I see that this flaw in the chip design is already known in certain circles.
The presence of the flaw in design of ESP32 chip by Espressif is suggested by media that in fact is misinformation.
Those so-called "hidden commands" are actually internal HCI debug commands. The latter are
These debug commands were inadvertently left in the firmware. Espressif Systems has acknowledged this and has committed to removing them in the upcoming firmware update for the affected chip.
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Scraped on 19/04/2025, 05:41:59 UTC
They take that those articles are mostly "clickbait".
Agreed, the article is from the class of media hype.
I see that this flaw in the chip design is already known in certain circles.
The presence of the flaw in design of ESP32 chip by Espressif is suggested by media that in fact is misinformation.
Those so-called "hidden commands" are actually internal HCI debug commands. The latter are meant for development and diagnostic purposes and are only accessible via USB or UART interfaces. Those commands cannot be exucated remotely through Bluetooth/Wi-Fi, no
These debug commands were inadvertently left in the firmware. Espressif Systems has acknowledged this and has committed to removing them in the upcoming firmware update for the affected chip.
Original archived Re: Critical vulnerability discovered in ESP32 chip
Scraped on 19/04/2025, 05:36:47 UTC
I see that this flaw in the chip design is already known in certain circles.
The presence of the flaw in design of ESP32 chip by Espressif is suggested by media that in fact is misinformation.
Those so-called "hidden commands" are actually internal HCI debug commands. The latter are meant for development and diagnostic purposes and are only accessible via USB or UART interfaces. Those commands cannot be exucated remotely through Bluetooth/Wi-Fi, no remote vulnerability from this side.
These debug commands were inadvertently left in the firmware. Espressif Systems has acknowledged this and has committed to removing them in the upcoming firmware update for the affected chip.