CVE-2016-9917

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.

CVSS v3.1

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

3.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 89th percentile

Published

2016-12-08

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-9902
• CVE-2016-9918
• CVE-2016-9900
• CVE-2016-9920
• CVE-2016-9899
• CVE-2016-9936