CVE-2020-27153
High
CVE-2020-27153
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.
Exploit probability
4.2%
Published
October 15, 2020
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
155 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2020-27153
View original source
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00036.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1884817
- https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/1cd644db8c23a2f530ddb93cebed7dacc5f5721a
- https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/5a180f2ec9edfacafd95e5fed20d36fe8e077f07
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-01
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4951