# CVE-2023-50230: BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-03 · Updated: 2025-11-04

## Affected

- BlueZ: 5.66

## Description

BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of BlueZ. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must connect to a malicious Bluetooth device. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the Phone Book Access profile. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-20938.

## What to do

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## References

- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1812/
- https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/5ab5352531a9cc7058cce569607f3a6831464443

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