CVE-2019-17519 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting NXP SDK versions through 2.2.1 for KW41Z and other NXP KW-series Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices. An attacker within radio range can exploit this by sending a specially crafted BLE packet, leading to a buffer overflow in the Link Layer. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage as part of the "SweynTooth" bug collection.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nxp:mcuxpresso_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.