Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 3, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9803
CVE-2016-9803
Description
In BlueZ 5.42, an out-of-bounds read was observed in "le_meta_ev_dump" function in "tools/parser/hci.c" source file. This issue exists because 'subevent' (which is used to read correct element from 'ev_le_meta_str' array) is overflowed.
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Affected products
12- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/bluez&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
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Patches
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References
2- www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94652nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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