DoS and Control of Volume Settings for VW ID.3 ICAS3 IVI ECU

published 2023-11-10 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-58329

cvss: 5.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits: 0; none known

Attacker can perform a Denial of Service attack to crash the ICAS 3 IVI ECU in a Volkswagen ID.3 (and other vehicles of the VW Group with the same hardware) and spoof volume setting commands to irreversibly turn on audio volume to maximum via REST API calls.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Volkswagen ID.3 3.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-02-27)

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

asrg.io https://asrg.io/cve-2023-6073-dos-and-control-of-volume-settings-for-vw-id-3-icas3-ivi-ecu/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA	3.1	5.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected products

Volkswagen ID.3

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

asrg.io /cve-2023-6073-dos-and-control-of-volume-settings-for-vw-id-3-icas3-ivi-ecu/
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-6073
NVD CVE-2023-6073

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Summary