CVE-2016-7837 (GCVE-0-2016-7837)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-09 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:04
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in BlueZ 5.41 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the parse_line function used in some userland utilities.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Buffer Overflow
Assigner
jpcert CNA under the jpcert root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 186 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN38755305/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.gi… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95067 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4311-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
BlueZ Project BlueZ Affected: 5.41 and earlier
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Date Public
2016-12-22 00:00
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