Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE HCI H4 driver. Specially crafted HCI event could lead to invalid memory read in H4 driver. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.8.  This issue requires a broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9, which fixes the issue.
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Apache nimble

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Description Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE HCI H4 driver. Specially crafted HCI event could lead to invalid memory read in H4 driver. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.8.  This issue requires a broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9, which fixes the issue.
Title Apache Mynewt NimBLE: Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability in NimBLE HCI H4 driver
Weaknesses CWE-125
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2026-01-10T09:46:35.789Z

Updated: 2026-01-12T19:12:52.715Z

Reserved: 2025-06-30T13:43:23.389Z

Link: CVE-2025-53470

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-10T10:06:49.945Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-10T10:15:50.493

Modified: 2026-01-13T14:03:18.990

Link: CVE-2025-53470

cve-icon Redhat

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