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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.3

CVE-2023-5753 json

Potential buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Zephyr Bluetooth subsystem

published 2023-10-24 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-58038

cvss
6.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Potential buffer overflows in the Bluetooth subsystem due to asserts being disabled in /subsys/bluetooth/host/hci_core.c

Exploit prediction

1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-hmpr-px56-rvww referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • zephyrproject-rtos Zephyr

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

References

Sources

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