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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2016-12-08

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Bluez (Bluez)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00069.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95013
• https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html