Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 3, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-9797

Description

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer over-read was observed in "l2cap_dump" function in "tools/parser/l2cap.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.

Affected products

Bluez/Bluez
cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94652nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00069.htmlnvd

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