Vulnerability · Published Sep 19, 2025 · Assigned by zephyr

CVE-2025-7403Bluetooth: bt_conn_tx_processor unsafe handling

High 7.6

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Zephyr from zephyrproject-rtos. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.6High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Unsafe handling in bt_conn_tx_processor causes a use-after-free, resulting in a write-before-zero. The written 4 bytes are attacker-controlled, enabling precise memory corruption.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
zephyrproject-rtos Zephyr * – before 4.2.0

Weakness: CWE-123 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

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