Vulnerability · Published Nov 26, 2024 · Assigned by apache

CVE-2024-47248Apache NimBLE: Buffer overflow in NimBLE MESH Bluetooth stack

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity buffer overflow in Apache NimBLE from Apache Software Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in Apache NimBLE. Specially crafted MESH message could result in memory corruption when non-default build configuration is used. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.7.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.8.0, which fixes the issue.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apache Software Foundation Apache NimBLE 0 – through 1.7.0

Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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