CVE-2025-9709 (GCVE-0-2025-9709)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-05 17:16 – Updated: 2025-09-05 18:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
NRF52810 Runtime EM Fault Injection APPROTECT Bypass
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-05 18:07 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordic Semiconductor | nRF52810 |
Affected:
0
|
guessed |
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