vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4311-1 (CVE-2016-7837): BlueZ vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jun 9, 2017 | Mar 31, 2020 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 9, 2017
Added
Mar 31, 2020
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
Buffer overflow in BlueZ 5.41 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the parse_line function used in some userland utilities.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-bluezubuntu-upgrade-libbluetooth3
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