Name: CVE-2016-9797: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-9797, CWE-119, CWE-125, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.00479

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer over-read was observed in "l2cap_dump" 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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	May 15, 2025
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Dec 3, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade bluezUpgrade bluez-develUpgrade libbluetooth3-32bitUpgrade bluez-cupsUpgrade libbluetooth3Upgrade bluez-testUpgrade bluez-devel-32bitUpgrade bluez-auto-enable-devices	May 25, 2019	Dec 3, 2016
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Dec 3, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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