Name: CVE-2016-9801: 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-2016-9801, CWE-119, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.00387

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "set_ext_ctrl" function in "tools/parser/l2cap.c" source file when processing corrupted dump file.

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
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2	—	Upgrade bluez-libsUpgrade bluez	Dec 4, 2019	Dec 3, 2016
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3	—	Upgrade bluezUpgrade bluez-libs	Dec 18, 2019	Dec 3, 2016
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5	—	Upgrade bluezUpgrade bluez-libsUpgrade bluez-libs-devel	Feb 3, 2021	Dec 3, 2016
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Dec 3, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade bluez-testUpgrade bluez-cupsUpgrade bluezUpgrade libbluetooth3-32bitUpgrade libbluetooth3Upgrade bluez-devel-32bitUpgrade bluez-develUpgrade bluez-auto-enable-devices	Dec 20, 2018	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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