CVE-2020-10068
Zephyr Bluetooth DLE duplicate requests vulnerability
In the Zephyr project Bluetooth subsystem, certain duplicate and back-to-back packets can cause incorrect behavior, resulting in a denial of service. This issue affects: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr version 2.2.0 and later versions, and version 1.14.0 and later versions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.1
Zephyr Bluetooth DLE duplicate requests vulnerability
In the Zephyr project Bluetooth subsystem, certain duplicate and back-to-back packets can cause incorrect behavior, resulting in a denial of service. This issue affects: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr version 2.2.0 and later versions, and version 1.14.0 and later versions.
- Record
CVE-2020-10068- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2533
5.1
In the Zephyr project Bluetooth subsystem, certain duplicate and back-to-back packets can cause incorrect behavior, resulting in a denial of service. This issue affects: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr version 2.2.0 and later versions, and version 1.14.0 and later versions.
- Record
EUVD-2020-2533- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vwfw-j95m-5r48 No score
In the Zephyr project Bluetooth subsystem, certain duplicate and back-to-back packets can cause...
In the Zephyr project Bluetooth subsystem, certain duplicate and back-to-back packets can cause incorrect behavior, resulting in a denial of service. This issue affects: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr version 2.2.0 and later versions, and version 1.14.0 and later versions.
- Record
GHSA-vwfw-j95m-5r48- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.1
In the Zephyr project Bluetooth subsystem, certain duplicate and back-to-back packets can cause incorrect behavior, resulting in a denial of service. This issue affects: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr version 2.2.0 and later versions, and version 1.14.0 and later versions.
- Record
CVE-2020-10068- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 Low
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-10068 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Zephyrproject Zephyr, published June 5, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/23091
zephyrprojectsec.atlassian.net/browse/ZEPSEC-78
docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/vulnerabilities.html
github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/23707
github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/23708
github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/23964
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10068
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwfw-j95m-5r48