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CVE-2016-9803
CVE-2016-9803
PUBLISHED
In BlueZ 5.42, an out-of-bounds read was observed in "le_meta_ev_dump" function in "tools/parser/hci.c" source file. This issue exists because 'subevent' (which is used to read correct element from 'ev_le_meta_str' array) is overflowed.
EPSS 0.42% · 62.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.42%
62.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | bluez | 5.46-0ubuntu3, 5.48-0ubuntu3.1, * |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | bluez | 5.71-1ubuntu2, 5.71-1ubuntu3, 5.72-0ubuntu4 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | bluez | 5.53-0ubuntu3.1, 0, 5.51-0ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | bluez | 5.37-0ubuntu5, 5.36-0ubuntu1, 5.35-0ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | bluez | 5.64-0ubuntu1.1, 5.64-0ubuntu1.4, 5.64-0ubuntu1.3 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | bluez | 5.82-1ubuntu1, *, * |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Dec 3, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9803 third-party-advisory
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9803 third-party-advisory