CVE-2016-9918

Exp

In BlueZ 5.42, an out-of-bounds read was identified in "packet_hexdump" function in "monitor/packet.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in btmon crash.

Published: 2016-12-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-9918 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.48%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.99% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-9918

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-9918

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.49% 3.48% +2.99%
2 2025-03-30 1.23% 0.49% -0.74%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.23% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-9918

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-9918

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-9918

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2016-9918 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (bluez), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9918
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9918
suse medium CVE-2016-9918 severity moderate: SUSE including 78 source package names (bluez, bluez-5.13-3.10.1, …), 154 product×package rows across 68 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, … (68 product lines)): Fixed 111, Known Not Affected 43. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9918/
ubuntu negligible CVE-2016-9918 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bluez), 23 status rows across 23 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 15, deferred 6, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9918

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-9918

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bluez_project bluez 5.42 cpe:2.3:a:bluez_project:bluez:5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-9918

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