CVE-2020-0556: bluez
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-0556 is a high (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in bluez. EPSS estimates a 1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.1, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2Timeline
- 12-03-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Improper access control in subsystem for BlueZ before version 5.54 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and denial of service via adjacent access
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
1.04%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
64%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.04% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse22 products
- bluez&distro=HPE Helion OpenStack 8< 5.13-5.23.1
- bluez&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 5< 5.13-5.23.1
- bluez&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1< 5.48-5.25.1
- bluez&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1< 5.48-5.25.1
- bluez&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL< 5.13-5.23.1
Redhat12 products
- bluez< 0:5.44-7.el7 | < 0:5.50-4.el8
- bluez-cups< 0:5.44-7.el7 | < 0:5.50-4.el8
- bluez-cups-debuginfo< 0:5.50-4.el8
- bluez-debuginfo< 0:5.44-7.el7 | < 0:5.50-4.el8
- bluez-debugsource< 0:5.50-4.el8
Opensuse3 products
- leapEOL15.1 | 15.2
- bluez&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 5.48-lp151.8.12.1
- bluez&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.2< 5.48-lp152.12.3.1
Alpine2 products
- bluez< 5.50-r4 | < 5.52-r1 | < 5.54-r0 | < 5.49-r3 | < 5.50-r1
- obexd-enhanced< 5.54-r0
Debian2 products
- bluez< 5.43-2+deb9u2 | < 5.50-1.2~deb10u1 | < 5.43-2+deb9u2~deb8u1 | < 5.50-1.1
- debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0
Bluez1 product
- bluez< 5.54
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL16.04 | 18.04 | 19.10
Intel1 product
- bluez5.54
Ubuntu1 product
- bluez< 5.37-0ubuntu5.3 | < 5.48-0ubuntu3.4
9 vendors · 45 products
References
29 links- www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00352.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMARTICLEREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00008.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00008.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00055.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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