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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-0204

A heap overflow vulnerability was found in bluez in versions prior to 5.63.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.79%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A heap overflow vulnerability was found in bluez in versions prior to 5.63. An attacker with local network access could pass specially crafted files causing an application to halt or crash, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.79% probability · 77th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-190
Affected
bluez/bluez · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.