Out-of-bounds read in BlueZ - CVE-2016-9803
Published: December 2, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23114
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-2016-9803
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: BlueZ Project
Affected software:
BlueZ
BlueZ
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the le_meta_ev_dump() function in tools/parser/hci.c. A local user can pass a specially crafted dump file, trigger a buffer overflow and crash application.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9803
Install updates from vendor's website.