Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7837",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-7837",
    "summary": "Buffer overflow in BlueZ 5.41 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the parse_line function used in some userland utilities.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-7837",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/bluez/bluez",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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                  "last_affected": "c560b5074faaf2a1e9b4670b7b0c8410f8afaa30"
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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            "5.1",
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7837.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:15.753732899Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4311-1/",
        "https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN38755305/index.html",
        "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=8514068150759c1d6a46d4605d2351babfde1601"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-7837",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429217,
  "published_at": "2017-06-09T16:29:01.297+00:00"
}