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CVE-2016-9918

Date: December 8, 2016

In BlueZ 5.42, an out-of-bounds read was identified in "packet_hexdump" function in "monitor/packet.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in btmon crash.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9918

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9918

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00054.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9918

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9918

Url: https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68898.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95013

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-9918

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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