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Status published
Medium
CVE-2023-5753
Potential buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Zephyr Bluetooth subsystem
Vulnerability Description
Potential buffer overflows in the Bluetooth subsystem due to asserts being disabled in /subsys/bluetooth/host/hci_core.c
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Zephyr
Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline
Official Publish:
October 24th, 2023
Last Modified:
February 13th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
T1203
Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1068
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1055
Process Injection
Defense Evasion
T1105
Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1190
Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1574
Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1059
Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1485
Data Destruction
Impact
T1499
Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact