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CVE-2016-7837

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7837 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in BlueZ 5.41 and earlier, specifically within the parse_line function used by some userland utilities. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating that a local attacker could achieve arbitrary code execution with low privileges and complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.41CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: bluez-utils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: bluez
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: bluez

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7837Low

bluez: Buffer overflow in parse_line function

Sep 10, 2016

References

git.kernel.org / pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit
PatchThird Party Advisory
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN38755305/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
usn.ubuntu.com / 4311-1
securityfocus.com / bid/95067
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry