CVE-2016-9917 PUBLISHED

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "read_n" function in "tools/hcidump.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.

EPSS 0.45% · 63.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.45%
63.6th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSbluez5.51-0ubuntu1, 5.51-0ubuntu2, 5.52-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSbluez5.64-0ubuntu1.4, 5.64-0ubuntu1.1, 5.64-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:25.10bluez5.79-2ubuntu1, 5.82-1, 5.82-1ubuntu1
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSbluez5.37-0ubuntu5, 0, 5.35-0ubuntu2
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSbluez5.48-0ubuntu3.9+esm2, 5.48-0ubuntu3.9+esm1, 5.48-0ubuntu3.9
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSbluez0, 5.68-0ubuntu1, 5.70-0ubuntu1

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