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Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Aug 11, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-38548

CVE-2021-38548

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.

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Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:o:jbl:go_2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=2021-08-09
  • JBL/Go 2description
  • JBL/Go 2llm-fuzzy
    Range: <=2021-08-09

Patches

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