Peripheral crash via unchecked connection interval
Published Aug 19, 2024 · Updated Sep 17, 2025
Divide-by-zero in Zephyr RTOS 3.6 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to crash a BLE peripheral with a malformed control packet. llcp_pdu_decode_conn_update_ind accepts a zero connection interval from LL_CONNECTION_UPDATE_IND, and ull_conn_update_parameters later uses that value as a divisor. The victim must be a connected BLE peripheral processing a central-initiated connection-parameter procedure; exploitation terminates the BLE controller.
Summary
What happened
Divide-by-zero in Zephyr RTOS 3.6 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to crash a BLE peripheral with a malformed control packet. llcp_pdu_decode_conn_update_ind accepts a zero connection interval from LL_CONNECTION_UPDATE_IND, and ull_conn_update_parameters later uses that value as a divisor. The victim must be a connected BLE peripheral processing a central-initiated connection-parameter procedure; exploitation terminates the BLE controller.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-4785
- Published
- Aug 19, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Zephyr Project
- Product
- Zephyr RTOS
- Classifications
- CWE-369, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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