CVE-2016-9917

high

Description

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

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00069.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95013

https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-12-08

Updated: 2019-12-19

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH