Bluetooth HCI Host Layer Logic Vulnerability: Dangling Reference and Potential RCE

Bluetooth HCI Host Layer Logic Vulnerability: Dangling Reference and Potential RCE

CVE-2023-1902 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The bluetooth HCI host layer logic not clearing a global reference to a state pointer after handling connection events may allow a malicious HCI Controller to cause the use of a dangling reference in the host layer, leading to a crash (DoS) or potential RCE on the Host layer.

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