UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7837

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7837

    Published: 9 Jun 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-7837
    Aliases:
    USN-4311-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7837, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4311-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7837

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bluez

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.101-0ubuntu13.3

    Affected versions

    4.101-0ubuntu8b1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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