Root code execution via Bluetooth vCard overflow
Published Jan 30, 2025 · Updated Jul 1, 2025
Stack-based buffer overflow in Alpine Halo9 devices allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code as root over Bluetooth. PBAP_DecodeVCARD copies user-supplied vCard data into a stack-based buffer without first validating its length. Exploitation requires the target to pair with a malicious Bluetooth device; successful execution gains root context.
Summary
What happened
Stack-based buffer overflow in Alpine Halo9 devices allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code as root over Bluetooth. PBAP_DecodeVCARD copies user-supplied vCard data into a stack-based buffer without first validating its length. Exploitation requires the target to pair with a malicious Bluetooth device; successful execution gains root context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-23963
- Published
- Jan 30, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 1, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-94, T1203
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 1, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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