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

EPSS: 0.006 (43.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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

vultures@jpcert.or.jp (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_JVN, third-party-advisory)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (x_refsource_UBUNTU, 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.