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CVE-2023-2002
A vulnerability was found in the HCI sockets implementation due to a missing capability check in net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c in the Linux…
Medium6.8EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A vulnerability was found in the HCI sockets implementation due to a missing capability check in net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw allows an attacker to unauthorized execution of management commands, compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Bluetooth communication.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 44 days later
· 44 days later
Published
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Kernel
- affected Kernel prior to Kernel 6.4-rc1
References (5)
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/16/3 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230727 [SECURITY] [DLA 3508-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- DSA-5480 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20231019 [SECURITY] [DLA 3623-1] linux-5.10 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0004/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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