Vulnerability · Published Apr 6, 2024 · Assigned by apache

CVE-2024-24746Apache NimBLE: Denial of service in NimBLE Bluetooth stack

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity infinite loop 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 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 26.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in Apache NimBLE.  Specially crafted GATT operation can cause infinite loop in GATT server leading to denial of service in Bluetooth stack or device. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.6.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.7.0, which fixes the issue.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apache Software Foundation Apache NimBLE 0 – through 1.6.0

Weakness: CWE-835 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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