CVE-2019-15948

Summary

CVECVE-2019-15948
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-13 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-18 20:15:00 UTC
DescriptionTexas Instruments CC256x and WL18xx dual-mode Bluetooth controller devices, when LE scan mode is used, allow remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow via a malformed Bluetooth Low Energy advertising packet, to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. This affects CC256xC-BT-SP 1.2, CC256xB-BT-SP 1.8, and WL18xx-BT-SP 4.4.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Ti Cc256xb-bt-sp - All All All
Hardware Ti Cc256xb-bt-sp - All All All
Operating System Ti Cc256xb-bt-sp Firmware All All All All
Hardware Ti Cc256xc-bt-sp - All All All
Hardware Ti Cc256xc-bt-sp - All All All
Operating System Ti Cc256xc-bt-sp Firmware All All All All
Hardware Ti Wl18xx-bt-sp - All All All
Hardware Ti Wl18xx-bt-sp - All All All
Operating System Ti Wl18xx-bt-sp Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
publications/2020/TI_SILABS_BLE_RCEs at master · darkmentorllc/publications · GitHub MISC github.com
jackbnimble/ti_wl18xx_adv_rce.py at master · darkmentorllc/jackbnimble · GitHub MISC github.com
Over-the-air exploitation of a Texas Instruments Bluetooth Low Energy chip via CVE-2019-15948 - YouTube MISC www.youtube.com
www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-kovah-2587185 MISC www.linkedin.com Not Applicable
[FAQ] CC2564C: CC256x and WL18xx Bluetooth Low Energy - LE scan vulnerability - Bluetooth® forum - Bluetooth® - TI E2E support forums MISC e2e.ti.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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