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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 9, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-7837

CVE-2016-7837

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.

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Affected products

11

Bluez/Bluez2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.41
- (no CPE)range: <=5.41
osv-coords8 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 5.13-5.4.1+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.13-5.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.13-3.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.13-5.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.13-3.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.13-3.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.13-5.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.13-5.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.13-5.4.1
BlueZ Project/BlueZv5
Range: 5.41 and earlier

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

4

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95067nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN38755305/index.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
usn.ubuntu.com/4311-1/nvd

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