CVE-2016-9802

MEDIUM

BlueZ 5.42 - Buffer Over-Read in L2CAP Packet Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer over-read was identified in "l2cap_packet" function in "monitor/packet.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in btmon crash.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68898.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94652

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0330
EPSS Percentile 87.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
bluez/bluez 5.42
Published Dec 03, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026