CVE-2019-8922
bluez: heap-based buffer overflow via crafted request
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 25, 2019
Updated · April 16, 2026
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in bluetoothd in bluez through version 5.48. A missing check on whether there is enough space in the destination buffer can allow an attacker to exploit the vulnerability by crafting a request where the response is large enough to overflow the preallocated buffer.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer