{"id":"CVE-2016-9917","details":"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.","modified":"2026-07-08T12:06:41.489316Z","published":"2016-12-08T08:59:03.617Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2019:1339-1","SUSE-SU-2019:1353-1","SUSE-SU-2019:1353-2","openSUSE-SU-2019:1476-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:12348-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00069.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95013"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/bluez/bluez","events":[{"introduced":"dcbc28940118a14ce175153e5f006551600e9244"},{"last_affected":"dcbc28940118a14ce175153e5f006551600e9244"}],"database_specific":{"source":"CPE_STRING","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"5.42"},{"last_affected":"5.42"}]}}],"versions":["5.42"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9917.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}