Vulnerabilites related to Nordic Semiconductor - nRF52810
CVE-2025-9709 (GCVE-0-2025-9709)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-05 17:16
Modified
2025-09-05 18:07
CWE
  • CWE-1191 - On-Chip Debug and Test Interface With Improper Access Control
  • CWE-1319 - Improper Protection against Electromagnetic Fault Injection (EM-FI)
  • Runtime Hardware Protection 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.
Impacted products
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