Description
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.
Published: 2017-06-09
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8686 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4311-1 BlueZ vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00354}

epss

{'score': 0.00381}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:04:56.096Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7837

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-09T16:29:01.297

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-7837

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7837 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses