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    CVE-2025-53470

    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.

    Published:Jan 10, 2026
    Last Modified:Jan 14, 2026
    EPS:Jan 10, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00012
    CVSS Score:3.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Nimble

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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