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CVE-2019-8922

HIGH
8.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in bluetoothd in BlueZ through 5.48. There isn't any check on whether there is enough space in the destination buffer. The function simply appends all data passed to it. The values of all attributes that are requested are appended to the output buffer. There are no size checks whatsoever, resulting in a simple heap overflow if one can craft a request where the response is large enough to overflow the preallocated buffer. This issue exists in service_attr_req gets called by process_request (in sdpd-request.c), which also allocates the response buffer.

How to fix

Remediation Available
bluezDebian
Fixed in:5.54-1CVE-2019-8922
Fixed in:5.54-1CVE-2019-8922
Fixed in:5.54-1CVE-2019-8922
Fixed in:5.54-1CVE-2019-8922
bluezUbuntu
Fixed in:5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm5USN-7265-1
Fixed in:5.48-0ubuntu3.7USN-5183-1
libbluetooth3Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm5USN-7265-1
Fixed in:5.48-0ubuntu3.7USN-5183-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days
70thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 70% of all known CVEs.

References

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