CVE-2016-7837

N/A
Published: June 9, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBlueZ

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 5.41

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95067
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_JVNVDB Entry
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN38755305/index.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4311-1/

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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