Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessPosition within Bluetooth radio range
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DeliveryInitiate A2DP audio stream to target
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ExploitCraft malformed SBC audio frame with off-by-one boundary condition
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ExecutionTrigger heap out-of-bounds read in sbc decoder
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ImpactLeak one byte of adjacent heap memory
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to be physically or logistically within Bluetooth adjacency range of the target (typically 10-100 meters). The target system must have an active Bluetooth A2DP audio session capable of receiving audio data - i.e., Bluetooth must be enabled and the A2DP sink profile must be active and accepting input from the attacker. Per CVSS PR:N, no authentication or prior pairing is required at the protocol level, though OS-level Bluetooth pairing policies may impose a practical barrier. The impact is strictly limited to reading a single heap byte; exploiting this for meaningful information disclosure would require additional knowledge of heap layout and repeated attempts. No special non-default configuration is required beyond having Bluetooth audio reception active. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N yields a score of 4.3 (Medium), which accurately reflects the bounded real-world impact. The adjacent attack vector (AV:A) limits the attacker population to Bluetooth radio range, typically 10-100 meters depending on class. The confidentiality impact is minimal: a single byte of heap memory is exposed, which may contain fragment of sensitive data but is not reliably exploitable for meaningful information extraction. There is no integrity or availability impact. No EPSS score is provided in the input data, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV. No public proof-of-concept code has been identified. SSVC signals point to low priority: exploitation is not automated at scale, technical impact is partial read-only, and the one-byte constraint severely limits exploitation utility. The primary realistic concern is as a building block in a chained local attack rather than a standalone critical flaw. CVSS and description are fully consistent - no conflicting signals detected. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker within Bluetooth radio range pairs with or remains adjacent to a target system running a vulnerable version of the sbc library. The attacker streams a crafted SBC-encoded audio payload in which the frame header is manipulated to trigger the off-by-one indexing error during decoding, causing the decoder to read one byte past the allocated frame buffer into adjacent heap memory. The leaked byte is returned as part of the decoded audio output or silently consumed, potentially exposing a fragment of heap data. No public proof-of-concept exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 22, 2026
Off-by-one heap out-of-bounds read in the BlueZ SBC (Sub-Band Coding) frame decoder allows a Bluetooth-adjacent unauthenticated attacker to leak a single byte of heap memory by streaming a crafted audio payload. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 through 10 are confirmed affected via the bundled sbc library. No public exploit code exists and this vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, making active exploitation unlikely; the impact is constrained to minor information disclosure of a single heap byte.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch with an exact fixed version has been identified from the available input data; the upstream sbc git repository at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/sbc.git should be monitored for a tagged fix release. Red Hat Enterprise Linux users should apply any available errata from https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16473 once published. As a compensating control, disabling Bluetooth A2DP audio streaming on systems where it is not required eliminates the attack surface entirely; this can be achieved by blocking the A2DP profile via BlueZ's main.conf (set DisablePlugins=a2dp) or by disabling the Bluetooth service altogether if audio streaming is not operationally needed. Restricting Bluetooth device pairing via a MAC address allowlist reduces the risk of crafted audio from untrusted peers, though this adds operational overhead. Note that disabling A2DP will break Bluetooth headset and speaker functionality.
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The SBC codec (Sub-Band Coding) is the mandatory baseline audio codec for Bluetooth A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) streaming. The vulnerability resides in the sbc library maintained under the BlueZ Bluetooth stack at git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/sbc.git. CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) identifies the root cause as an off-by-one indexing error in the SBC frame parsing logic, where the decoder reads one byte past the intended buffer boundary into adjacent heap memory. CPE strings confirm the affected component is present in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9, and 10 as a shared library dependency of BlueZ. Because SBC decoding occurs on received audio frames, the vulnerability is exploitable by any peer within Bluetooth radio range without any prior authentication.
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Severity by source
AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Adjacent vector (Bluetooth range), no auth needed per A2DP protocol; impact is limited to one-byte read, so C:L with no integrity or availability impact.
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CVSS VectorVendor: redhat
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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Severity: Moderate| Product | Status |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Affected |
EUVD-2026-47623
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