CVE-2025-5479: sony xav-ax8500_firmware Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-5479 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in sony xav-ax8500_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 21-06-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 23-06-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Sony XAV-AX8500 Bluetooth AVCTP Protocol Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Sony XAV-AX8500 devices. An attacker must first obtain the ability to pair a malicious Bluetooth device with the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the implementation of the Bluetooth AVCTP protocol. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-26290.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().