usn-5481-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-06-15 16:57
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
bluez vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly validated certain capabilities and lengths when handling the A2DP profile. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause BlueZ to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly validated certain capabilities\nand lengths when handling the A2DP profile. A remote attacker could use\nthis issue to cause BlueZ to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code.\n",
  "id": "USN-5481-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:02Z",
  "published": "2022-06-15T16:57:22Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5481-1"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1977968"
    }
  ],
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "bluez vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": []
}



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