{"id":"CVE-2016-9797","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9797","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:47:40.541Z","title":"This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.","description":"In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer over-read was observed in \"l2cap_dump\" function in \"tools/parser/l2cap.c\" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.","published":"2016-12-03T06:59:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:56:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-119","CWE-125"],"affected":["bluez/bluez"],"epss":{"score":0.03723,"percentile":0.89742,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.72%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00069.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94652","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00069.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94652","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9797","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}