CVE-2025-9709

Description

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.

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-1191 CWE-1191

CWE-1319 CWE-1319

References

Other References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27211 https://raelize.com/upload/research/2022/No_Hat_2022_-_Glitching_devices_for_code_execution_v1.1.pdf https://raelize.com/upload/research/2025/Dartmouth_202505_False-Injections-Tales-of-Physics-Misconceptions-and-Weird-Machines_v1.1.pdf https://www.toreon.com/cve-2025-9709-major-vulnerability-in-common-chip/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-9709? +

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.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-9709? +

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