Apple Patches Beats Studio Buds Flaw Letting Nearby Attackers Spy via Microphone
ID: 5067dd8f-ab46-57ee-8730-ff707a6ca5b8
STIX ID: report--5067dd8f-ab46-57ee-8730-ff707a6ca5b8
Feed Name: The Hacker News
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The report details a high-severity Airoha Bluetooth SDK vulnerability (CVE-2025-20701) patched in Beats firmware that can permit unauthorized pairing and eavesdropping, and a disclosed BootROM exploit (usbliter8) against Apple A12/A13 SoCs that leverages a USB controller hardware/configuration flaw to achieve unpatchable code execution, with proof-of-concept research and discussion of mitigations (firmware updates for earbuds, hardware replacement for affected chips).
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