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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2024-47249 json

Apache NimBLE: Lack of input sanitization leading to out-of-bound reads in multiple advertisement handler

published 2024-11-26 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-42789

cvss
5.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in Apache NimBLE.

Lack of input validation for HCI events from controller could result in out-of-bound memory corruption and crash. This issue requires broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.7.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.8.0, which fixes the issue.

Patch / fix

  • apache nimble 1.8.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.1 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache NimBLE

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index

References

Sources

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