What is CVE-2024-47249?

CVE-2024-47249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Nimble, classified under Improper Validation of Array Index. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2024-11-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-47249?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache Nimble

CVE-2024-47249

Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in Apache NimBLE. Lack of input validation for HCI events from controller could result in out-of-bound memory corruption and crash. This issue requires broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.7.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.8.0, which fixes the issue.

Published 2024-11-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.8% 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

Apache Nimble
Apache Software Foundation Nimble — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-129 — Improper Validation of Array Index

References

lists.apache.org/thread/7ckxw6481dp68ons627pjcb27c75n0mq (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/commit/f39330866a85fa4de49246e9d21334bc8d14f0a1 (Patch, patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-47249?: CVE-2024-47249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Nimble, classified under Improper Validation of Array Index. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2024-11-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-47249?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.