Bluetooth crash via undersized ACL buffers
Published Jun 16, 2020 · Updated Aug 5, 2024
Heap buffer overflow in Cypress CYW20735 firmware built with WICED Studio 6.2 or 6.4 allows attackers to crash Bluetooth via oversized ACL data. The firmware advertises 1,021-byte ACL capacity to the host while both default ACL buffers remain 384 bytes, so larger packets overwrite heap memory. Physically proximate attackers can trigger the crash before pairing with oversized L2Ping packets; local users can trigger it by opening an ACL or SCO headset connection.
Summary
What happened
Heap buffer overflow in Cypress CYW20735 firmware built with WICED Studio 6.2 or 6.4 allows attackers to crash Bluetooth via oversized ACL data. The firmware advertises 1,021-byte ACL capacity to the host while both default ACL buffers remain 384 bytes, so larger packets overwrite heap memory. Physically proximate attackers can trigger the crash before pairing with oversized L2Ping packets; local users can trigger it by opening an ACL or SCO headset connection.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2019-18614
- Published
- Jun 16, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 16, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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