Medium severity · published Feb 26, 2023
CVE-2021-3329
DOS: Incorrect handling of the initial HCI ACL_MTU handshake packet leads to crash of bluetooth host layer
6.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Lack of proper validation in HCI Host stack initialization can cause a crash of the bluetooth stack
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZE
zephyr · zephyrproject-rtos
through v2.4 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3329
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3329
Exploit
https://zephyrprojectsec.atlassian.net/browse/ZEPSEC-117
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