CVE-2016-9804

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-12-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "commands_dump" function in "tools/parser/csr.c" source file. The issue exists because "commands" array is overflowed by supplied parameter due to lack of boundary checks on size of the buffer from frame "frm->ptr" parameter. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.

Affected products

BlueZ: 5.42

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94652
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94652
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html

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