Out-of-bounds Read Affecting bluez-cups package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BLUEZCUPS-1357593
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Nov 2016

Introduced: 15 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-9918  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 bluez-cups.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bluez-cups package and not the bluez-cups package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In BlueZ 5.42, an out-of-bounds read was identified in "packet_hexdump" function in "monitor/packet.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in btmon crash.

CVSS Scores

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