🛡️ CVE-2023-33248
🟠 CVSS 7.6 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public NVD
7.6
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Amazon Alexa software version 8960323972 on Echo Dot 2nd generation and 3rd generation devices potentially allows attackers to deliver security-relevant commands via an audio signal between 16 and 22 kHz (often outside the range of human adult hearing). Commands at these frequencies are essentially never spoken by authorized actors, but a substantial fraction of the commands are successful.

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.6
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2023-05-24
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-01-16
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
alexa — —

References

Third Party Advisory https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10358
Third Party Advisory https://cios2023.org/papers
Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/reveondivad/nuance
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec23fall-prepub-261-xia-qi.pdf
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory https://youtu.be/3gEc5ZFWIWo
Third Party Advisory https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10358
Third Party Advisory https://cios2023.org/papers
Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/reveondivad/nuance
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec23fall-prepub-261-xia-qi.pdf
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory https://youtu.be/3gEc5ZFWIWo

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