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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.41CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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