Buffer Overflow Affecting node-bluetooth-serial-port package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-NODEBLUETOOTHSERIALPORT-3311820
  • published 8 Mar 2023
  • disclosed 6 Feb 2023
  • credit Raoul Scholtes, Giancarlo Pellegrino, Cris Staicu

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for node-bluetooth-serial-port.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the findSerialPortChannel method due to improper user input length validation.

PoC

const BluetoothSerialPort = require("node-bluetooth-serial-port")
const serial = new BluetoothSerialPort.BluetoothSerialPort()

serial.findSerialPortChannel("INSERT A VERY LONG STRING HERE INSTEAD OF THIS LINE", () => console.log("success"), () => console.log("error"))

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

9.8 critical