CVE-2008-2374 describes a critical vulnerability in bluez-libs and bluez-utils versions prior to 3.34, where improper validation of string length fields in SDP packets allows remote SDP servers to trigger excessive memory allocation or buffer over-reads. This flaw primarily affects BlueZ-based Bluetooth implementations, including those found in Fedora. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service or other significant impacts such as compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness despite a lack of media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez-libs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.