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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2018-18203

VendorsubaruProductstarlink 2017 firmware, starlink 2018 firmware, starlink 2019 firmwareDiscoveredNov 28, 2018UpdatedNov 21, 2024

A vulnerability in the update mechanism of Subaru StarLink Harman head units 2017, 2018, and 2019 may give an attacker (with physical access to the vehicle's USB ports) the ability to rewrite the firmware of the head unit. This occurs because the device accepts modified QNX6 filesystem images (as long as the attacker obtains access to certain Harman decryption/encryption code) as a consequence of a bug where unsigned images pass a validity check. An attacker could potentially install persistent malicious head unit firmware and execute arbitrary code as the root user.

CVSS v3.1
6.4 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.24%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Sep 23, 2026
● 0.00pp
0.24% → 0.24% over 9 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorPHYSICAL
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
4 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Nov 28, 2018
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024