CVE-2016-9804
bluez: buffer overflow in commands_dump()
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · December 3, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "commands_dump" function in "tools/parser/csr.c" source file. The issue exists because "commands" array is overflowed by supplied parameter due to lack of boundary checks on size of the buffer from frame "frm->ptr" parameter. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 2.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 1.2AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')