CVE-2016-7837
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.52%
Description
Buffer overflow in BlueZ 5.41 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the parse_line function used in some userland utilities.
How to fix CVE-2016-7837
To remediate CVE-2016-7837, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/bluez—upgrade to 5.43-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-7837 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.43-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |