CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9917
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "read_n" function in "tools/hcidump.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.
Affected configurations
• bluez bluez 5.42
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00069.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95013 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00069.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95013 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory