CVE-2016-7837: bluez_project bluez
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-7837 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in bluez_project bluez. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 09-06-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.56%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
46%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.56% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Bluez1 product
- bluez≤ 5.41
Bluez_project1 product
- bluez5.41 and earlier
Debian1 product
- bluez< 5.43-1
Mageia1 product
- bluez< 5.28-1.2.mga5
Ubuntu1 product
- bluez< 4.101-0ubuntu13.3 | < 5.37-0ubuntu5.3
5 vendors · 5 products
References
11 links- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=8514068150759c1d6a46d4605d2351babfde1601X Refsource CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
