UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7837

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7837
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7837.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7837
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Published
2017-06-09T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:52Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / bluez

Package

Name
bluez
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bluez@4.101-0ubuntu13.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.101-0ubuntu13.3

Affected versions

4.*

4.101-0ubuntu8b1
4.101-0ubuntu9
4.101-0ubuntu10
4.101-0ubuntu11
4.101-0ubuntu12
4.101-0ubuntu13
4.101-0ubuntu13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bluetooth",
            "binary_version": "4.101-0ubuntu13.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez",
            "binary_version": "4.101-0ubuntu13.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez-alsa",
            "binary_version": "4.101-0ubuntu13.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez-audio",
            "binary_version": "4.101-0ubuntu13.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez-compat",
            "binary_version": "4.101-0ubuntu13.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez-cups",
            "binary_version": "4.101-0ubuntu13.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez-gstreamer",
            "binary_version": "4.101-0ubuntu13.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez-pcmcia-support",
            "binary_version": "4.101-0ubuntu13.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez-utils",
            "binary_version": "4.101-0ubuntu13.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbluetooth-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.101-0ubuntu13.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbluetooth3",
            "binary_version": "4.101-0ubuntu13.3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / bluez

Package

Name
bluez
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bluez@5.37-0ubuntu5.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.37-0ubuntu5.3

Affected versions

5.*

5.35-0ubuntu2
5.36-0ubuntu1
5.37-0ubuntu5
5.37-0ubuntu5.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bluetooth",
            "binary_version": "5.37-0ubuntu5.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez",
            "binary_version": "5.37-0ubuntu5.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez-cups",
            "binary_version": "5.37-0ubuntu5.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez-hcidump",
            "binary_version": "5.37-0ubuntu5.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez-obexd",
            "binary_version": "5.37-0ubuntu5.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bluez-tests",
            "binary_version": "5.37-0ubuntu5.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbluetooth-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.37-0ubuntu5.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbluetooth3",
            "binary_version": "5.37-0ubuntu5.3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}