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CVE-2016-9798 (GCVE-0-2016-9798)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-03 06:28 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:59
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Summary
In BlueZ 5.42, a use-after-free was identified in "conf_opt" function in "tools/parser/l2cap.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-12-03 00:00
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