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CVE-2023-50229

HIGH

8.0

Description

BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of BlueZ. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must connect to a malicious Bluetooth device. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the Phone Book Access profile. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-20936.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.0

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorADJACENT_NETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published5/3/2024

Last Modified11/4/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

bluez:bluez

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122

References

https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/5ab5352531a9cc7058cce569607f3a6831464443(zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com)

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1811/(zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com)

https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/5ab5352531a9cc7058cce569607f3a6831464443(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00022.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1811/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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