CVE-2016-9917

bluez: Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in read_n()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.0

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Published · November 14, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 3.3
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow