CVE-2016-7837
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Buffer overflow in BlueZ 5.41 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the parse_line function used in some userland utilities.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.43-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.43-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.43-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.43-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.43-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| bluez | bluez | {"endIncluding":"5.41"} | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95067
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=8514068150759c1d6a46d4605d2351babfde1601
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN38755305/index.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4311-1/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7837.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7837
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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