CVE-2016-9917 in BlueZ

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 12/08/2016
• Disclosure: 12/08/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-93984 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.4
• EPSS: 0.00454
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9917
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9917
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-9917/