CVE-2016-9917: bluez
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-9917 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in bluez. EPSS estimates a 3.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 08-12-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "read_n" function in "tools/hcidump.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- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
3.62%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.62% 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
1 foundExploit Reference (spinics.net)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Bluez1 product
- bluez5.42
Debian1 product
- bluezAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
- bluezAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
6 links- www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.htmlX Refsource MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00069.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
