CVE-2026-16473
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
A flaw was found in the sbc library (BlueZ SBC codec). An off-by-one error in the SBC frame decoder allows a crafted audio payload to trigger a one-byte heap out-of-bounds read. This could allow an adjacent attacker streaming Bluetooth audio to read a single byte of adjacent heap memory.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
4.3
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-22 11:16:50.097000
Last modified
2026-11-05 17:18:15.320000
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"lastModified": "2026-11-05T17:18:15.320",
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"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/sbc.git",
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