{"id":"CVE-2020-24490","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-24490","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:21:08.705Z","title":"Improper buffer restrictions in BlueZ may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.","description":"Improper buffer restrictions in BlueZ may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. This affects all Linux kernel versions that support BlueZ.","published":"2021-02-02T22:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:05:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@intel.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["bluez/bluez"],"epss":{"score":0.02223,"percentile":0.82579,"date":"2026-10-26","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 (2.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00435.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@intel.com"},{"url":"https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00435.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24490","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."}