What is CVE-2022-3563?

CVE-2022-3563 is a low-severity vulnerability in Bluez, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2022-10-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-3563?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Bluez

CVE-2022-3563

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel. Affected is the function read_50_controller_cap_complete of the file tools/mgmt-tester.c of the component BlueZ. The manipulation of the argument cap_len leads to null pointer dereference. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-211086 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Published 2022-10-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
vuldb.com/ (Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3563?: CVE-2022-3563 is a low-severity vulnerability in Bluez, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2022-10-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-3563?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.