CVE-2025-53470

low

Description

Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE HCI H4 driver. Specially crafted HCI event could lead to invalid memory read in H4 driver. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.8. This issue requires a broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9, which fixes the issue.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/32sm0944dyod4sdql77stgyw9xb2msc0

https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/commit/b973df0c6cf7b30efbf8eb2cafdc1ee843464b76

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/08/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-10

Updated: 2026-01-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.8

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.1

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

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017