Buffer overflow in BlueZ - CVE-2016-9804

 

Buffer overflow in BlueZ - CVE-2016-9804

Published: December 2, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23111
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9804
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: BlueZ Project
Affected software:
BlueZ

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the commands_dump()  function in tools/parser/csr.c. A local user can pass a specially crafted dump file, trigger a buffer overflow and crash hcidump.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-9804

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sources