CVE-2020-13467 — The flash memory readout protection in China Key Systems & Integrated Circuit CK

The flash memory readout protection in China Key Systems & Integrated Circuit CKS32F103 devices allows physical attackers to extract firmware via the debug interface and exception handling.

01What is this vulnerability?

The flash memory readout protection in China Key Systems & Integrated Circuit CKS32F103 devices allows physical attackers to extract firmware via the debug interface and exception handling.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-08-31T15:26:29.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:18:18.263Z

09References

• www.usenix.org — https://www.usenix.org/system/files/woot20-paper-obermaier.pdf