High
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.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-27153
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:37 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:CVE-2020-27153
Complete source record
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