Medium severity · published Nov 26, 2024
CVE-2024-47249
Apache NimBLE: Lack of input sanitization leading to out-of-bound reads in multiple advertisement handler
5.0
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in Apache NimBLE.
Lack of input validation for HCI events from controller could result in out-of-bound memory corruption and crash.
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Apache NimBLE · Apache Software Foundation
through 1.7.0 · source: vendor
NI
Nimble · Apache
before 1.8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47249
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47249
Patch
https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/commit/f39330866a85fa4de49246e9d21334bc8d14f0a1
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/7ckxw6481dp68ons627pjcb27c75n0mq
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/26/3
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