CVE-2024-51569

CVE-2024-51569: Apache NimBLE: Lack of input sanitization leading to out-of-bound reads in Number of Completed Packets HCI event handler

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache NimBLE
Weakness CWE-125
Published November 26, 2024
Last update December 6, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

Description

Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE. Missing proper validation of HCI Number Of Completed Packets could lead to out-of-bound access when parsing HCI event and invalid read from HCI transport memory. This issue requires broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.7.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.8.0, which fixes the issue.

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Disclosure timeline

November 26, 2024 CVE published
December 6, 2024 Record updated