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bluez — security advisory
In BlueZ before 5.55, a double free was found in the gatttool disconnect_cb() routine from shared/att.c. A remote attacker could potentially cause a denial of service or code execution, during service discovery, due to a redundant disconnect MGMT event.
- Products
- bluez
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.50-r2, 5.50-r5, 5.52-r2, 5.54-r6
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-27153
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:09 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In BlueZ before 5.55, a double free was found in the gatttool disconnect_cb() routine from shared/att.c. A remote attacker could potentially cause a denial of service or code execution, during service discovery, due to a redundant disconnect MGMT event.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2020-27153
bluez
Fixed versions: 5.50-r5
bluez
Fixed versions: 5.52-r2
bluez
Fixed versions: 5.54-r6
bluez
Fixed versions: 5.50-r2
Complete source record
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