CVE-2017-1000251 EXPLOIT
8.0
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 16.2% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ), starting at the Linux kernel version 2.6.32 and up to and including 4.13.1, are vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in kernel space.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.0 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 16.18% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-09-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (10)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| linux | linux kernel |
| nvidia | jetson tk1 |
| nvidia | jetson tx1 |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux server aus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server eus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server tus |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Linux Kernel < 4.13.1 - BlueTooth Buffer Overflow (PoC) | 2017-09-21 |
References
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100809
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039373
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2679
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2680
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2681
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2682
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2683
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2704
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2705
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2706
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2707
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2731
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2732
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/blueborne
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f2fcfcd670257236ebf2088bbdf26f6a8ef459fe
- https://www.armis.com/blueborne
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42762/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/240311
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