CVE-2016-9798
medium
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.3
Description
In BlueZ 5.42, a use-after-free was identified in "conf_opt" function in "tools/parser/l2cap.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
63%
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 | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | affected | |
| debian | sid | affected | |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| bluez | bluez | 5.42 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00069.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00071.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00072.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94652
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9798.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9798
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.