CVE-2016-9799 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "pklg_read_hci" function in "btsnoop.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in btmon crash.

Published: 2016-12-03

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-10600	In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "pklg_read_hci" function in "btsnoop.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in btmon crash.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00476.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94652
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9799
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9799
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68898.html

History

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Subscriptions

Bluez Bluez

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-03T06:28:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:03.566Z

Reserved: 2016-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9799

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-03T06:59:04.013

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-9799

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-12-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9799 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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