CVE-2023-50229
BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.1 High
- Published
- May 3, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 5, 2023
Description
BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of BlueZ. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must connect to a malicious Bluetooth device.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of the Phone Book Access profile. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-20936.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 7.1 High | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | zdi |
Weaknesses
- CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
BlueZBlueZ |
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References
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