VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-53470
Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE HCI H4 driver.
LOW 3.1EPSS 0.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE HCI H4 driver. Specially crafted HCI event could lead to invalid memory read in H4 driver. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.8. This issue requires a broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9, which fixes the issue.
- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- apache/nimble
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/commit/b973df0c6cf7b30efbf8eb2cafdc1ee843464b76Patch
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/32sm0944dyod4sdql77stgyw9xb2msc0Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/08/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.