What is CVE-2011-1265?

CVE-2011-1265 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bluetooth Stack, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2011-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2011-1265?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Bluetooth Stack

CVE-2011-1265

The Bluetooth Stack 2.1 in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not prevent access to objects in memory that (1) were not properly initialized or (2) have been deleted, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted Bluetooth packets, aka "Bluetooth Stack Vulnerability."

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2011-07-13 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.059 (93.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.059 · newest: 0.059 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12094 (Tool Signature, signature, vdb-entry)
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-053 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-193A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-1265?: CVE-2011-1265 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bluetooth Stack, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2011-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2011-1265?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.