bluez CVE Vulnerabilities & Metrics

Focus on bluez vulnerabilities and metrics.

Last updated: 08 Mar 2025, 23:25 UTC

About bluez Security Exposure

This page consolidates all known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) associated with bluez. We track both calendar-based metrics (using fixed periods) and rolling metrics (using gliding windows) to give you a comprehensive view of security trends and risk evolution. Use these insights to assess risk and plan your patching strategy.

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Global CVE Overview

Total bluez CVEs: 28
Earliest CVE date: 07 Jul 2008, 23:41 UTC
Latest CVE date: 22 Nov 2024, 21:15 UTC

Latest CVE reference: CVE-2024-8805

Rolling Stats

30-day Count (Rolling): 0
365-day Count (Rolling): 1

Calendar-based Variation

Calendar-based Variation compares a fixed calendar period (e.g., this month versus the same month last year), while Rolling Growth Rate uses a continuous window (e.g., last 30 days versus the previous 30 days) to capture trends independent of calendar boundaries.

Variations & Growth

Month Variation (Calendar): 0%
Year Variation (Calendar): 0%

Month Growth Rate (30-day Rolling): 0.0%
Year Growth Rate (365-day Rolling): 0.0%

Monthly CVE Trends (current vs previous Year)

Annual CVE Trends (Last 20 Years)

Critical bluez CVEs (CVSS ≥ 9) Over 20 Years

CVSS Stats

Average CVSS: 3.86

Max CVSS: 7.5

Critical CVEs (≥9): 0

CVSS Range vs. Count

Range Count
0.0-3.9 13
4.0-6.9 14
7.0-8.9 2
9.0-10.0 0

CVSS Distribution Chart

Top 5 Highest CVSS bluez CVEs

These are the five CVEs with the highest CVSS scores for bluez, sorted by severity first and recency.

All CVEs for bluez

CVE-2024-8805 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 0 22 Nov 2024, 21:15 UTC

BlueZ HID over GATT Profile Improper Access Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of BlueZ. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the implementation of the HID over GATT Profile. The issue results from the lack of authorization prior to allowing access to functionality. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-25177.

CVE-2022-3637 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 0 21 Oct 2022, 11:15 UTC

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function jlink_init of the file monitor/jlink.c of the component BlueZ. The manipulation leads to denial of service. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211936.

CVE-2022-3563 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 0 17 Oct 2022, 19:15 UTC

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel. Affected is the function read_50_controller_cap_complete of the file tools/mgmt-tester.c of the component BlueZ. The manipulation of the argument cap_len leads to null pointer dereference. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-211086 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

CVE-2022-39177 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 0 02 Sep 2022, 04:15 UTC

BlueZ before 5.59 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service because malformed and invalid capabilities can be processed in profiles/audio/avdtp.c.

CVE-2022-39176 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 0 02 Sep 2022, 04:15 UTC

BlueZ before 5.59 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information because profiles/audio/avrcp.c does not validate params_len.

CVE-2022-0204 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 5.8 10 Mar 2022, 17:44 UTC

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.

CVE-2021-3658 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 3.3 02 Mar 2022, 23:15 UTC

bluetoothd from bluez incorrectly saves adapters' Discoverable status when a device is powered down, and restores it when powered up. If a device is powered down while discoverable, it will be discoverable when powered on again. This could lead to inadvertent exposure of the bluetooth stack to physically nearby attackers.

CVE-2019-8922 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 5.8 29 Nov 2021, 08:15 UTC

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in bluetoothd in BlueZ through 5.48. There isn't any check on whether there is enough space in the destination buffer. The function simply appends all data passed to it. The values of all attributes that are requested are appended to the output buffer. There are no size checks whatsoever, resulting in a simple heap overflow if one can craft a request where the response is large enough to overflow the preallocated buffer. This issue exists in service_attr_req gets called by process_request (in sdpd-request.c), which also allocates the response buffer.

CVE-2019-8921 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 3.3 29 Nov 2021, 08:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in bluetoothd in BlueZ through 5.48. The vulnerability lies in the handling of a SVC_ATTR_REQ by the SDP implementation. By crafting a malicious CSTATE, it is possible to trick the server into returning more bytes than the buffer actually holds, resulting in leaking arbitrary heap data. The root cause can be found in the function service_attr_req of sdpd-request.c. The server does not check whether the CSTATE data is the same in consecutive requests, and instead simply trusts that it is the same.

CVE-2021-41229 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 3.3 12 Nov 2021, 23:15 UTC

BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target device to crash.

CVE-2021-43400 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 6.4 04 Nov 2021, 23:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in gatt-database.c in BlueZ 5.61. A use-after-free can occur when a client disconnects during D-Bus processing of a WriteValue call.

CVE-2021-3588 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 2.1 10 Jun 2021, 03:15 UTC

The cli_feat_read_cb() function in src/gatt-database.c does not perform bounds checks on the 'offset' variable before using it as an index into an array for reading.

CVE-2021-0129 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 2.7 09 Jun 2021, 20:15 UTC

Improper access control in BlueZ may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via adjacent access.

CVE-2020-24490 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 3.3 02 Feb 2021, 22:15 UTC

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.

CVE-2020-27153 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 15 Oct 2020, 03:15 UTC

In BlueZ before 5.55, a double free was found in the gatttool disconnect_cb() routine from shared/att.c. A remote attacker could potentially cause a denial of service or code execution, during service discovery, due to a redundant disconnect MGMT event.

CVE-2020-0556 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 5.8 12 Mar 2020, 21:15 UTC

Improper access control in subsystem for BlueZ before version 5.54 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and denial of service via adjacent access

CVE-2018-10910 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 2.1 28 Jan 2019, 15:29 UTC

A bug in Bluez may allow for the Bluetooth Discoverable state being set to on when no Bluetooth agent is registered with the system. This situation could lead to the unauthorized pairing of certain Bluetooth devices without any form of authentication. Versions before bluez 5.51 are vulnerable.

CVE-2017-1000250 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 3.3 12 Sep 2017, 17:29 UTC

All versions of the SDP server in BlueZ 5.46 and earlier are vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from the bluetoothd process memory. This vulnerability lies in the processing of SDP search attribute requests.

CVE-2016-7837 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 4.6 09 Jun 2017, 16:29 UTC

Buffer overflow in BlueZ 5.41 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the parse_line function used in some userland utilities.

CVE-2016-9917 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 08 Dec 2016, 08:59 UTC

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "read_n" function in "tools/hcidump.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.

CVE-2016-9804 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 03 Dec 2016, 06:59 UTC

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "commands_dump" function in "tools/parser/csr.c" source file. The issue exists because "commands" array is overflowed by supplied parameter due to lack of boundary checks on size of the buffer from frame "frm->ptr" parameter. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.

CVE-2016-9803 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 03 Dec 2016, 06:59 UTC

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.

CVE-2016-9802 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 03 Dec 2016, 06:59 UTC

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer over-read was identified in "l2cap_packet" function in "monitor/packet.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in btmon crash.

CVE-2016-9801 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 03 Dec 2016, 06:59 UTC

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "set_ext_ctrl" function in "tools/parser/l2cap.c" source file when processing corrupted dump file.

CVE-2016-9800 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 03 Dec 2016, 06:59 UTC

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "pin_code_reply_dump" function in "tools/parser/hci.c" source file. The issue exists because "pin" array is overflowed by supplied parameter due to lack of boundary checks on size of the buffer from frame "pin_code_reply_cp *cp" parameter.

CVE-2016-9799 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 03 Dec 2016, 06:59 UTC

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "pklg_read_hci" function in "btsnoop.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in btmon crash.

CVE-2016-9798 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 03 Dec 2016, 06:59 UTC

In BlueZ 5.42, a use-after-free was identified in "conf_opt" function in "tools/parser/l2cap.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.

CVE-2016-9797 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 03 Dec 2016, 06:59 UTC

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer over-read was observed in "l2cap_dump" function in "tools/parser/l2cap.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.

CVE-2008-2374 bluez vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 07 Jul 2008, 23:41 UTC

src/sdp.c in bluez-libs 3.30 in BlueZ, and other bluez-libs before 3.34 and bluez-utils before 3.34 versions, does not validate string length fields in SDP packets, which allows remote SDP servers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length field that triggers excessive memory allocation or a buffer over-read.