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CVE-2021-38548

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.9 Published: 2021-08-11 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

JBL Go 2 devices through 2021-08-09 allow remote attackers to recover speech signals from an LED on the device, via a telescope and an electro-optical sensor, aka a "Glowworm" attack. The power indicator LED of the speakers is connected directly to the power line, as a result, the intensity of a device's power indicator LED is correlative to the power consumption. The sound played by the speakers affects their power consumption and as a result is also correlative to the light intensity of the LEDs. By analyzing measurements obtained from an electro-optical sensor directed at the power indicator LEDs of the speakers, we can recover the sound played by them.

Affected Platforms

Jbl Go 2Jbl Go 2 Firmware

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References