Name: CVE-2016-9803: 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-2016-9803, CWE-119, CWE-125, CVSS 2.5, EPSS 0.00422

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 2.5
CVSS 3.0 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 libbluetooth3Upgrade bluez-cupsUpgrade bluezUpgrade bluez-devel	Aug 9, 2024	Dec 3, 2016
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Dec 3, 2016

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CVSS Details

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