CVE-2015-2908

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-345

Description

Mobile Devices (aka MDI) C4 OBD-II dongles with firmware 2.x and 3.4.x, as used in Metromile Pulse and other products, do not validate firmware updates, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by specifying an update server.

Affected products

Munic Mobile Devices (MDI) OBD-II dongles: through 3.4

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/209512
https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot15/workshop-program/presentation/foster
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/209512
https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot15/workshop-program/presentation/foster

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