Device crash via oversized BLE Link Layer packet
Published Feb 12, 2020 · Updated Aug 5, 2024
Buffer overflow in the Bluetooth Low Energy stack in NXP SDK 2.2.1 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to crash KW41Z devices. The Link Layer parser trusts the advertised Length field, so a central can pad a five-byte version request to 247 bytes and overrun memory. The attacker must be within Bluetooth radio range and connect as the central; the demonstrated consequence is a peripheral crash, with restart behavior determined by the integrating firmware.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in the Bluetooth Low Energy stack in NXP SDK 2.2.1 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to crash KW41Z devices. The Link Layer parser trusts the advertised Length field, so a central can pad a five-byte version request to 247 bytes and overrun memory. The attacker must be within Bluetooth radio range and connect as the central; the demonstrated consequence is a peripheral crash, with restart behavior determined by the integrating firmware.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2019-17519
- Published
- Feb 12, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1499
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 12, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- SweynTooth Link Layer Length Overflow proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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