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CVE-2016-9802

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9802 describes a buffer over-read vulnerability in BlueZ 5.42's "l2cap_packet" function, specifically within the "monitor/packet.c" source file. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.3) can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file, leading to a btmon crash. While the attack vector is network-based with low complexity and no user interaction, the impact is limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0330 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: bluez

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9802Low

bluez: buffer over-read in l2cap_packet()

Dec 3, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00069.html
spinics.net / lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68898.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94652
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry