5.3

CVE-2016-9798: bluez Use After Free

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2019:2915-1SUSE-SU-2019:3046-1UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9798
Published 03-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9798 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Use After Free vulnerability in bluez. EPSS estimates a 3.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.85%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1476-1SUSE-SU-2019:1339-1SUSE-SU-2019:1353-1SUSE-SU-2019:1353-2

Timeline

  1. 03-12-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In BlueZ 5.42, a use-after-free was identified in "conf_opt" 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 metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.85%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.05 pp

From 3.81% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (spinics.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse15 products
  • bluez&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4< 5.13-5.15.3
  • bluez&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15< 5.48-5.19.1
  • bluez&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1< 5.48-5.19.1
  • bluez&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15< 5.48-5.19.1
  • bluez&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1< 5.48-5.19.1
Opensuse2 products
  • bluez&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.0< 5.48-lp150.4.16.1
  • bluez&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 5.48-lp151.8.6.1
Bluez1 product
Debian1 product
  • bluezAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
  • bluezAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 20 products

References

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