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CVE-2020-12321

hardware: buffer overflow in bluetooth firmware

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · November 10, 2020

Updated · October 9, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the firmware of some Intel Bluetooth devices. This may allow an unauthenticated attacker within Bluetooth range to overflow a buffer and corrupt memory leading to a crash or privilege escalation.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

To mitigate these vulnerabilities on the operating system level, disable the Bluetooth functionality via blocklisting kernel modules in the Linux kernel. The kernel modules can be prevented from being loaded by using system-wide modprobe rules. Instructions on how to disable Bluetooth modules are available on the Customer Portal at https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2682931.

Alternatively, Bluetooth can be disabled within the hardware or at BIOS level which will also provide an effective mitigation as the kernel will not be able to detect that Bluetooth hardware is present on the system.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')