CVE-2016-9803

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In BlueZ 5.42, an out-of-bounds read was observed in "le_meta_ev_dump" function in "tools/parser/hci.c" source file. This issue exists because 'subevent' (which is used to read correct element from 'ev_le_meta_str' array) is overflowed.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119 CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94652Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94652Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 3, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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