Silabs Gecko SDK up to 4.5.0 on WF200/WGM160P Access Point resource pool

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Silabs Gecko SDK up to 4.5.0 on WF200/WGM160P. This affects an unknown part of the component Access Point Handler. The manipulation leads to resource pool. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-12986. The attack requires being on the local network. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Silabs Gecko SDK up to 4.5.0 on WF200/WGM160P and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Access Point Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource pool vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-410. The product's resource pool is not large enough to handle peak demand, which allows an attacker to prevent others from accessing the resource by using a (relatively) large number of requests for resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

When a WF200/WGM160P device is configured to operate as an Access Point, it may be vulnerable to a denial of service triggered by a malformed packet. The device may recover automatically or require a hard reset.

It is possible to read the advisory at community.silabs.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-12986 since 11/10/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack can only be done within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource pool
CWE: CWE-410 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

11/10/2025 CVE reserved
12/05/2025 +25 days Advisory disclosed
12/05/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/05/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: community.silabs.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-12986 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-12986
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-334391

Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2025 01:57
Changes: 12/05/2025 01:57 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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