Medium severity6.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 26, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-47248

Description

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in Apache NimBLE.

Specially crafted MESH message could result in memory corruption when non-default build configuration is used. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.7.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.8.0, which fixes the issue.

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Affected products

Apache Software Foundation/Apache NimBLEv5
Range: 0
Apache/NimBLEllm-fuzzy2 versions
<=1.7.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=1.7.0
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:nimble:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.8.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/commit/4f75c0b3b466186beff40e8489870c6cee076aaanvdPatch
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/26/2nvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apache.org/thread/z8m7jqh54xybf9kz8q2l3tz92zsj7tmznvdMailing ListVendor Advisory

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