CVE-2020-16142
On Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG Premium Plus c220 BlueTec vehicles, the Bluetooth stack mishandles ...
On Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG Premium Plus c220 BlueTec vehicles, the Bluetooth stack mishandles %x and %c format-string specifiers in a device name in the COMAND infotainment software.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
On Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG Premium Plus c220 BlueTec vehicles, the Bluetooth stack mishandles %x and %c format-string specifiers in a device name in the COMAND infotainment software.
- Record
CVE-2020-16142- CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 2.9 Low
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
On Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG Premium Plus c220 BlueTec vehicles, the Bluetooth stack mishandles %x and %c format-string specifiers in a device name in the COMAND infotainment software.
- Record
CVE-2020-16142- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-8108 No score
On Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG Premium Plus c220 BlueTec vehicles, the Bluetooth stack mishandles %x and %c format-string specifiers in a device name in the COMAND infotainment software.
- Record
EUVD-2020-8108- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x6wm-36gm-8wq5 No score
On Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG Premium Plus c220 BlueTec vehicles, the Bluetooth stack mishandles ...
On Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG Premium Plus c220 BlueTec vehicles, the Bluetooth stack mishandles %x and %c format-string specifiers in a device name in the COMAND infotainment software.
- Record
GHSA-x6wm-36gm-8wq5- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-16142 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.5) in Mercedes-benz Comand, published August 27, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
medium.com/%40reliable_lait_mouse_975/mercedes-comand-infotainment-improper-format-strings-handling-4c67063d744e
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16142
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x6wm-36gm-8wq5