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CVE-2016-9917

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-12-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

• BlueZ: 5.42

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
• 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

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