CVE-2018-20823 - The gyroscope on Xiaomi Mi 5s devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resonance and false data) via a 20.4 kHz audio signal, aka a MEMS ultrasound attack

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The gyroscope on Xiaomi Mi 5s devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resonance and false data) via a 20.4 kHz audio signal, aka a MEMS ultrasound attack

Published Apr 25, 2019

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.48%

Description

The gyroscope on Xiaomi Mi 5s devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resonance and false data) via a 20.4 kHz audio signal, aka a MEMS ultrasound attack.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (2)

https://hackaday.com/2018/07/17/freak-out-your-smartphone-with-ultrasound/
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40juliodellaflora/ultrassom-pode-causar-anomalias-no-girosc%C3%B3pio-do-xiaomi-mi5s-plus-4050d718bc7f
x_refsource_MISC

Link	Providers	Tags
https://hackaday.com/2018/07/17/freak-out-your-smartphone-with-ultrasound/		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40juliodellaflora/ultrassom-pode-causar-anomalias-no-girosc%C3%B3pio-do-xiaomi-mi5s-plus-4050d718bc7f		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 25, 2019

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Apr 25, 2019

Link CVE-2018-20823

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-20823

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2018-20823