Description
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer and Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in Apache NuttX RTOS Bluetooth Stack (HCI and UART components) that may result in system crash, denial of service, or arbitrary code execution, after receiving maliciously crafted packets. NuttX's Bluetooth HCI/UART stack users are advised to upgrade to version 12.9.0, which fixes the identified implementation issues. This issue affects Apache NuttX: from 7.25 before 12.9.0.
Problem types
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Product status
7.25 (semver) before 12.9.0
Credits
Chongqing Lei <leicq@seu.edu.cn>
Zhen Ling <zhenling@seu.edu.cn>
Chongqing Lei <leicq@seu.edu.cn>
Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info>
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/26/1
github.com/apache/nuttx/pull/16179
lists.apache.org/thread/k4xzz3jhkx48zxw9vwmqrmm4hmg78vsj