Buffer overflow in Bluez

CVE-2019-8922

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in bluetoothd in BlueZ through 5.48. There isn't any check on whether there is enough space in the destination buffer. The function simply appends all data passed to it. The values of all attributes that are requested are appended to the output buffer. There are no size checks whatsoever, resulting in a simple heap overflow if one can craft a request where the response is large enough to overflow the preallocated buffer. This issue exists in service_attr_req gets called by process_request (in sdpd-request.c), which also allocates the response buffer.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (70.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-8922?
CVE-2019-8922 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bluez, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-11-29.
How severe is CVE-2019-8922?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.