CVE-2018-9322

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-05-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-693

Description

The Head Unit HU_NBT (aka Infotainment) component on BMW i Series, BMW X Series, BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series, and BMW 7 Series vehicles produced in 2012 through 2018 allows local attacks involving the USB or OBD-II interface. An attacker can bypass the code-signing protection mechanism for firmware updates, and consequently obtain a root shell.

Affected products

Bmw Head Unit Hu Nbt Firmware: all versions

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104258
https://keenlab.tencent.com/en/Experimental_Security_Assessment_of_BMW_Cars_by_KeenLab.pdf
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/23/bmw_security_bugs/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104258
https://keenlab.tencent.com/en/Experimental_Security_Assessment_of_BMW_Cars_by_KeenLab.pdf
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/23/bmw_security_bugs/

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