Out-of-bounds read in Bluetooth Controller ISOAL framed RX reassembly leaks adjacent memory into host HCI ISO packets
Published Jun 30, 2026
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.33%
Description
The Zephyr Bluetooth controller ISO Adaptation Layer (subsys/bluetooth/controller/ll_sw/isoal.c) fails to validate the length field of a framed ISO PDU start segment. Per the Bluetooth specification a start segment (sc=0) always carries a 3-byte time_offset, so its segment-header len must be at least PDU_ISO_SEG_TIMEOFFSET_SIZE (3). isoal_check_seg_header() accepted start segments with len < 3 as valid, and isoal_rx_framed_consume() then computed length = seg_hdr->len - 3 in a uint8_t, underflowing to 253-255 when len is 0-2. That oversized length is passed to isoal_rx_append_to_sdu(), whose copy is clamped only against the destination SDU buffer size, not the source PDU length, so up to ~255 bytes of controller memory beyond the received PDU are copied (via sink_sdu_write_hci()/net_buf_add_mem) into an HCI ISO data packet and delivered to the host. The PDU and its segment headers are entirely attacker-controlled and arrive over the air, reachable through both the CIS and BIS-sync HCI data paths (hci_driver.c) and the vendor data path (ull_iso.c), so a remote CIS peer or a broadcaster the device is synced to can trigger an out-of-bounds read causing information disclosure to the host and potential denial of service (faults or malformed oversized HCI ISO packets). The flaw affects all Zephyr releases since framed ISO reception was introduced in v3.0.0. The fix rejects sc=0 segments with len < 3 in isoal_check_seg_header() and adds a guard before the subtraction in isoal_rx_framed_consume().
Affected products
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- Version 3.3.0StatusaffectedConstraints<4.5.0
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Zephyrproject | Zephyr | unaffected |
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- ≥ 3.3.0 · ≤ 4.4.1
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Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
PoCAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Jun 30, 2026 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
Jul–Oct 2026- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v5
Table of values (2 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00327) | 23.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 1, 2026 | 0.17% (0.00172) | 6.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
References (2)
- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/28080d80fc8aca30af1dfd1338bd4481b13c7395 patch
- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-6gvp-pmh8-fjh2 exploitPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
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| https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/28080d80fc8aca30af1dfd1338bd4481b13c7395 | patch | |
| https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-6gvp-pmh8-fjh2 | exploitPatchVendor Advisory |
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