CVE-2023-50229 (GCVE-0-2023-50229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-03 02:14 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:10
VLAI
Title
BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Summary
BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of BlueZ. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must connect to a malicious Bluetooth device. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the Phone Book Access profile. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-20936.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
zdi
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
BlueZ BlueZ Affected: 5.66
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Date Public
2023-12-20 09:54
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