{"id":"CVE-2016-9803","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9803","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:46:59.819Z","title":"In BlueZ 5.42, an out-of-bounds read was observed in \"le_meta_ev_dump\" function in \"tools/parser/hci.c\" source file.","description":"In BlueZ 5.42, an out-of-bounds read was observed in \"le_meta_ev_dump\" function in \"tools/parser/hci.c\" source file. This issue exists because 'subevent' (which is used to read correct element from 'ev_le_meta_str' array) is overflowed.","published":"2016-12-03T06:59:09.000Z","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":0.02712,"percentile":0.85916,"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 (2.71%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"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://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-2016-9803","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."}