# CVE-2022-0204: A heap overflow vulnerability was found in bluez in versions prior to 5.63.

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-03-09 · Updated: 2026-04-15

## Affected

- n/a bluez: bluez versions prior to 5.63

## Description

A heap overflow vulnerability was found in bluez in versions prior to 5.63. An attacker with local network access could pass specially crafted files causing an application to halt or crash, leading to a denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a bluez, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2039807
- https://github.com/bluez/bluez/security/advisories/GHSA-479m-xcq5-9g2q
- https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/591c546c536b42bef696d027f64aa22434f8c3f0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-16
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00026.html

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