CVE-2020-24490

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

Improper buffer restrictions in BlueZ may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. This affects all Linux kernel versions that support BlueZ.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-24490

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24490.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202010-2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202010-3

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202010-4

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202010-9

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.8.16.a-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.7.17-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.7.17-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.7.17-1
debian debiansidfixed5.7.17-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.7.17-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.