FKIE_CVE-2019-13991

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-07-19 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:17
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Embedded systems based on Arduino before Rev3 allow remote attackers to send data to LEDs (directly connected to GPIO pins) via a laser, because of LED photosensitivity.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://arxiv.org/abs/1907.00479Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.00479Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
arduino arduino_firmware *
arduino arduino -
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