CVE-2024-51569

high

Description

Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE. Missing proper validation of HCI Number Of Completed Packets could lead to out-of-bound access when parsing HCI event and invalid read from HCI transport memory. This issue requires broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.7.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.8.0, which fixes the issue.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/q0vs5rddx1lho30xnpsrvpzgxqmywnhs

https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/commit/4e3ac5b6e7c7df63a594c4ff6839e266b4ccfed9

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/26/5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-11-26

Updated: 2025-07-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00061