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CVE-2020-16142

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-08-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-134

Description

On Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG Premium Plus c220 BlueTec vehicles, the Bluetooth stack mishandles %x and %c format-string specifiers in a device name in the COMAND infotainment software.

Affected products

• Mercedes-Benz Comand: all versions

References

• https://medium.com/%40reliable_lait_mouse_975/mercedes-comand-infotainment-improper-format-strings-handling-4c67063d744e
• https://medium.com/%40reliable_lait_mouse_975/mercedes-comand-infotainment-improper-format-strings-handling-4c67063d744e

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