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CVE-2017-1000251

HIGH · CVSS 8 EPSS 16.18% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-09-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.0. It affects Linux. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 16.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution
GitHub PoC Links
External Security References

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CVE
CVE-2017-1000251
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8
EPSS
16.18%
Linux

Original NVD Description

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.

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