CVE-2020-24490 (GCVE-0-2020-24490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-02 21:29 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:12
VLAI
Summary
Improper buffer restrictions in BlueZ may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. This affects all Linux kernel versions that support BlueZ.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • denial of service
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a BlueZ Advisory Affected: all Linux kernel versions that support BlueZ
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