CVE catalog
CVE-2023-51589
bluez: CVE-2023-51589
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.83% · Oct 25, 2026
BlueZ Audio Profile AVRCP parse_media_element Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to disclose sensitive information via Bluetooth on affected installations of BlueZ. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must connect to a malicious device. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the AVRCP protocol. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-20853.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bluez | sid | 5.87-5 | vulnerable |
| Debian | bluez | forky | 5.87-5 | vulnerable |
| Debian | bluez | trixie | 5.82-1.1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | bluez | bookworm | 5.66-1+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | bluez | bookworm-security | 5.66-1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bluez | source | sid | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1081912] |
| Debian | bluez | source | forky | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1081912] |
| Debian | bluez | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1081912] |
| Debian | bluez | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1081912] |
Notes
[trixie] bluez: Minor issue, revisit when/if fixed upstream [bookworm] bluez: Minor issue, revisit when/if fixed upstream
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2025_4043.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-51589]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-51589]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-51589.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-3209.json]
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