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CVE-2016-7837

Buffer overflow in BlueZ 5.41 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the parse_line function used in some userland ut…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.6%
percentile 47%
Public exploits
0
none known

Buffer overflow in BlueZ 5.41 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the parse_line function used in some userland utilities.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.56% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.04.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • BlueZ Project BlueZ

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • jvn.jp /en/jp/JVN38755305/index.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVN, x_transferred
  • git.kernel.org /pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=8514068150759c1d6a46d4605d2351babfde1601 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/95067 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4311-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred

Sources

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