CVE-2022-50233
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Improper use of strlen with fixed-size Bluetooth device name fields can cause buffer overruns.
- Who is affected
- Systems with Bluetooth functionality enabled in the Linux kernel.
- Urgency
- Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) buffer overrun; patch during regular maintenance cycle.
- Action
- Update to the latest kernel version with proper string length handling in Bluetooth EIR parsing.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.14% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 4% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- mediumCVE-2022-50233: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name}msrc · 2026-08-06
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