CVE-2023-6073

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.3 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Nov 10, 2023
Updated: Nov 18, 2023
CWE ID 284
CWE ID 20

Summary

CVE-2023-6073 is a vulnerability that affects the ICAS 3 IVI ECU in a Volkswagen ID.3 and other vehicles of the VW Group with the same hardware. It allows an attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack, crashing the ECU, and spoof volume setting commands via REST API calls, permanently turning on audio volume to maximum. The vulnerability has a base severity of MEDIUM with a base score of 6.3 according to NVD@NIST. The exploit requires low privileges and no user interaction, and it can be carried out through an adjacent network. The potential danger of this vulnerability is the disruption of services due to the Denial of Service attack and the potential for damage or annoyance caused by the audio volume being set to maximum. Remediation steps to mitigate this vulnerability have not been provided in the information given.

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