security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper
Published Aug 12, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.40%
Description
security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.18
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the version of BlueZ as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.40% (0.02400) | 83.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.40% (0.02400) | 81.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.14% (0.01141) | 76.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.06% (0.01063) | 84.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 19, 2024 | 1.06% (0.01063) | 84.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2024 | 1.49% (0.01490) | 86.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.49% (0.01490) | 84.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bluez/utils/hcid/security.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.34 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16453 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16476 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7893206&forum_id=1881 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-782 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-09.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14572 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2547 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101557 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2547
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2547
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bluez/utils/hcid/security.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.34 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16453 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16476 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7893206&forum_id=1881 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-782 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-09.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14572 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2547 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101557 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2547 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2547 |
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