Security advisory

{
  "id": "84971979d3a62ec061432652742926f240175526c1f7361fedbdc6941b0bbaff",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9917",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-9917",
    "summary": "In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in \"read_n\" function in \"tools/hcidump.c\" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-9917",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-9917",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-9917"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/bluez/bluez",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "dcbc28940118a14ce175153e5f006551600e9244"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "dcbc28940118a14ce175153e5f006551600e9244"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.42"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.42"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "5.42"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9917.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:51.707289017Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-9917",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437541,
  "published_at": "2016-12-08T08:59:03.617+00:00"
}