The ESP32 is an extremely popular low-cost chip from Chinese manufacturer Espressif, which is estimated to be used in over 1 billion devices worldwide by 2023, and contains an undocumented backdoor ...

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Espressif also confirmed that only the original ESP32 series contains these commands, while newer models such as ESP32-C, ESP32-S, and ESP32-H are unaffected. Such Undocumented vendor-specific ...

Espressif’s popular ESP32 microchip, found in over a billion devices, has been caught with its digital trousers down, thanks to an undocumented "backdoor" lurking in its Bluetooth firmware.

The vulnerability description is as follows: Espressif ESP32 ICs contain 29 hidden Bluetooth HCl commands, such as "0xFC02" – "Write memory" (CVE-2025-27840, CVSS 6.8, risk "medium ").

Manufactured by the Chinese company Espressif, the ESP32 is a crucial component for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity in numerous smart devices, including mobile phones, computers, smart locks, and ...

The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains undocumented commands that could be leveraged for attacks.

Espressif's latest ESP32-C5 microcontroller revolutionizes IoT connectivity with dual-band Wi-Fi 6, enabling 5 GHz support for faster, more reliable wireless communication. Featuring a RISC-V core, ...

Espressif is producing more and more chips with RISC-V cores. The comparatively powerful ESP32-P4 now comes on a 65-euro board for smart home technology.

Espressif releases Arduino ESP32 Core 3.0.0, but PlatformIO support is in doubt We previously noted the ESP32 Arduino Core 3.0.0 Alpha release added support for ESP32-C6 and ESP32-H2 among other ...

The aim of this project is to show how the Arduino Audio Tools library can be used for an FFT application running on an ESP32. The dev board used throughout the abovementioned book is the Espressif ...