Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 3, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9799

Description

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "pklg_read_hci" function in "btsnoop.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in btmon crash.

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Affected products

Bluez/Bluez2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <5.42

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68898.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94652nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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