What is CVE-2016-7837?

CVE-2016-7837 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bluez, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2016-7837?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Bluez

CVE-2016-7837

Buffer overflow in BlueZ 5.41 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the parse_line function used in some userland utilities.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-06-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bluez
Bluez Project — versions 5.41 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN38755305/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95067 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
usn.ubuntu.com/4311-1/ (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7837?: CVE-2016-7837 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bluez, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-7837?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.