High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 8, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-9918

Description

In BlueZ 5.42, an out-of-bounds read was identified in "packet_hexdump" function in "monitor/packet.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in btmon crash.

Affected products

Bluez/Bluez
cpe:2.3:a:bluez_project: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/msg68898.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95013nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00054.htmlnvd

News mentions

No linked articles in our index yet.

cvss	0.488
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000