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CVE-2017-1000251 in the critical feed json

The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ), starting at the Linux kernel version 2.6.32 and up to and including 4.13.1, are vul…

published 2017-09-12 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-1512

cvss
8.0
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.2%
EPSS 16.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ), starting at the Linux kernel version 2.6.32 and up to and including 4.13.1, are vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in kernel space.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 3.2.94, 3.16.49, 3.18.71, 4.1.45, 4.4.88, 4.9.50, 4.12.13, 4.13.2
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.12.13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000251

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-132.181
  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-96.119
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1035.44
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.10.0-1006.6
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1031.31
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.10.0-37.41~16.04.1
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1005.7
  • linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1074.82

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000251

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  • kernel-rt enterprise mrg 2 1:3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.588.el6rt
  • kernel-rt-trace enterprise mrg 2 1:3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.588.el6rt
  • kernel-rt-vanilla enterprise mrg 2 1:3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.588.el6rt
  • kernel-rt-firmware enterprise mrg 2 1:3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.588.el6rt
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 enterprise mrg 2 1:3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.588.el6rt
  • kernel RHEL 6 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6
  • perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6
  • python-perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2732RHSA-2017:2683RHSA-2017:2682RHSA-2017:2705RHSA-2017:2681RHSA-2017:2704

  • kernel-ec2 SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.11.1
  • kernel-pae SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.11.1
  • kernel-xen SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.11.1
  • kernel-syms SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.11.1
  • kernel-trace SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.11.1
  • kernel-source SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.11.1
  • kernel-default SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.11.1
  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.88-18.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0040-1SUSE-SU-2017:2956-1SUSE-SU-2017:2811-1SUSE-SU-2017:2816-1SUSE-SU-2017:2806-1SUSE-SU-2017:2804-1

  • kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.14.6-1.4
  • kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.6.17-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10728-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1

  • linux Arch Linux 4.12.13-1
  • linux-lts Arch Linux 4.9.49-2
  • linux-zen Arch Linux 4.13.2-1
  • linux-hardened Arch Linux 4.13.1.b-1

arch linux advisories AVG-392AVG-393AVG-394AVG-395

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-1000251 updated cvss 7.5

kernel: stack buffer overflow in the native Bluetooth stack

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, kernel-tools-libs, +2 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2679
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.2) perf 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2706
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.3) perf 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2680
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2679
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.2) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2706
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.3) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2680
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2681
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7, kernel-rt-kvm 3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7, kernel-rt-trace-kvm 3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2704
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2681
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7) perf 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2682
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2681
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.7) python-perf 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2682
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2704
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2681
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2679
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2) perf 2.6.32-220.75.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-220.75.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-220.75.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-220.75.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2732
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4) perf 2.6.32-358.83.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-358.83.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-358.83.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.83.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2683
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) perf 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2707
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6) perf 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2731
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) perf 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2682
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) perf 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2706
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) perf 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2680
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2681
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2679
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2) kernel 2.6.32-220.75.1.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-220.75.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-220.75.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2732
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.4) kernel 2.6.32-358.83.1.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-358.83.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.83.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2683
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5) kernel 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2707
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.6) python-perf 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2731
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.7) python-perf 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-573.45.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2682
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.2) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-327.59.2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2706
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.3) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-514.28.2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2680
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 6.5) kernel 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2707
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 6.6) python-perf 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2731
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.5) perf 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.84.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2707
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.6) perf 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.63.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2731
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-696.10.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2681

4 more fixed, 1 more not affected in the full advisory

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-42762)

Exploit prediction

16.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42762 Linux Kernel < 4.13.1 - BlueTooth Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2017-09-21

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.7 AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.