PT-2016-7878 · Bluez+3 · Bluez+3

Op7Ic · Published 2016-10-30 · Updated 2026-05-05 · CVE-2016-9917

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BlueZ version 5.42

Description A buffer overflow issue was found in the read n function in the tools/hcidump.c source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file, resulting in the hcidump crash.

Recommendations For BlueZ version 5.42, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the read n function in the tools/hcidump.c source file until a patch is available. Avoid using the affected hcidump tool with untrusted dump files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2219

CVE-2016-9917

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1476-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_1476-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12348-1

SUSE-SU-2019:1339-1

SUSE-SU-2019:1353-1

SUSE-SU-2019:1353-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Bluez

Debian

Suse

References · 29

• 🔥 https://spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9917 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:1339-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9917 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9917 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9917 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:1353-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9917 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00069.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2016-9917 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9917 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:1353-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:1476-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9917 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9802 · Note