Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE HCI H4 driver. Specially crafted HCI event could lead to invalid memory read in H4 driver.

This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.8. 

This issue requires a broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9, which fixes the issue.
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Description Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE HCI H4 driver. Specially crafted HCI event could lead to invalid memory read in H4 driver. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.8.  This issue requires a broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9, which fixes the issue.
Title Apache Mynewt NimBLE: Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability in NimBLE HCI H4 driver
Weaknesses CWE-125
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-10T10:06:49.945Z

Reserved: 2025-06-30T13:43:23.389Z

Link: CVE-2025-53470

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-10T10:15:50.493

Modified: 2026-01-10T10:15:50.493

Link: CVE-2025-53470

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