CVE-2018-16986 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Texas Instruments BLE-STACK v2.2.1, impacting SimpleLink CC2640 and CC2650 devices. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted, malformed packet. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ti:ble-stack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ti:ble-stack:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ti:ble-stack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.