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CVE-2022-39177

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-39177 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting BlueZ versions prior to 5.59, impacting various Linux distributions including Debian and Ubuntu. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it allows physically proximate attackers to disrupt service by processing malformed Bluetooth capabilities. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.59CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
20.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0061 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 1,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: bluez
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: bluez

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-39177Moderate

bluez: BlueZ allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service because malformed and invalid capabilities can be processed in profiles/audio/avdtp.c

Sep 2, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00022.html
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1977968
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20221020-0002
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / security/notices/USN-5481-1
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory