# CVE-2020-27153: In BlueZ before 5.55, a double free was found in the gatttool disconnect\_cb() routine from shared/att.c.

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-10-15 · Updated: 2026-04-15

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In BlueZ before 5.55, a double free was found in the gatttool disconnect_cb() routine from shared/att.c. A remote attacker could potentially cause a denial of service or code execution, during service discovery, due to a redundant disconnect MGMT event.

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## References

- https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/5a180f2ec9edfacafd95e5fed20d36fe8e077f07
- https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/1cd644db8c23a2f530ddb93cebed7dacc5f5721a
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1884817
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00036.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4951

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