BLE service interruption via undersized PDU processing
Published Jul 9, 2025 · Updated Jul 5, 2026
Improper input validation in Realtek RTL8762E SDK 1.4.0 allows physically proximate attackers to interrupt BLE service via crafted PDUs. The BLE stack accepts data PDUs shorter than the 27-byte minimum and processes sustained streams of them, exhausting CPU, memory, and buffers. Exploitation requires BLE wireless proximity and a connection to the device; the documented result is degraded communication or temporary unresponsiveness.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Realtek RTL8762E SDK 1.4.0 allows physically proximate attackers to interrupt BLE service via crafted PDUs. The BLE stack accepts data PDUs shorter than the 27-byte minimum and processes sustained streams of them, exhausting CPU, memory, and buffers. Exploitation requires BLE wireless proximity and a connection to the device; the documented result is degraded communication or temporary unresponsiveness.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-44526
- Published
- Jul 9, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 5, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-284, CWE-20, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 9, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- Improper Validation of BLE PDU Length proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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