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Uninitialized variable in Gecko Bootloader can leak secure stack
Type: advisorySources: OSV
Uninitialized buffer in GBL parser in Silicon Labs GSDK v4.3.0 and earlier allows attacker to leak data from Secure stack via malformed GBL file.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-3488
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 8 Nov 2026, 03:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Uninitialized variable in Gecko Bootloader can leak secure stack
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 28 Jul 2023, 15:36 UTC
Uninitialized buffer in GBL parser in Silicon Labs GSDK v4.3.0 and earlier allows attacker to leak data from Secure stack via malformed GBL file.
osv:CVE-2023-3488
Complete source record
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