CVE-2024-51569CWE-125

Apache NimBLE: Lack of input sanitization leading to out-of-bound reads in Number of Completed Packets HCI event handler

High · published November 26, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
68.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE.

Missing proper validation of HCI Number Of Completed Packets could lead to out-of-bound access when parsing HCI event and invalid read from HCI transport memory.

This issue requires broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low.

This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.7.0.

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

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01239 · 68.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2024-11-26T11:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 NOV 11:17Z
    Apache NimBLE: Lack of input sanitization leading to out-of-bound reads in Number of Completed Packets HCI event handler
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