Apache NimBLE: Buffer overflow in NimBLE MESH Bluetooth stack
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in Apache NimBLE. Specially crafted MESH message could result in memory corruption when non-default build configuration is used. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.7.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.8.0, which fixes the issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-47248
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f94q-ffqr-x638
References
More Apache Nimble vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-16263 Apache NimBLE: Denial of service in NimBLE Bluetooth stack CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-33550 Apache NimBLE: NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in SMP LTK request CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-33549 Apache NimBLE: Remote reachable assertion in ATT Read Multiple Variable Response handler CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-33548 Apache NimBLE: Incorrect data validation in BASS add/modify source operation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-34484 Apache NimBLE: Lack of input sanitization leading to out-of-bound reads in Number of Completed Packets HCI event handler CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-33422 Apache Mynewt NimBLE: NULL Pointer Dereference in NimBLE host HCI layer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-47248 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-47248 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f94q-ffqr-x638 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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