CVE-2024-7138
Denial of Service in Silicon Labs RS9116 Bluetooth SDK
An assert may be triggered, causing a temporary denial of service when a peer device sends a specially crafted malformed L2CAP packet. If a watchdog timer is not enabled, a hard reset is required to recover the device.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- 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
Denial of Service in Silicon Labs RS9116 Bluetooth SDK
An assert may be triggered, causing a temporary denial of service when a peer device sends a specially crafted malformed L2CAP packet. If a watchdog timer is not enabled, a hard reset is required to recover the device.
- Record
CVE-2024-7138- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-617
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-48280
An assert may be triggered, causing a temporary denial of service when a peer device sends a specially crafted malformed L2CAP packet. If a watchdog timer is not enabled, a hard reset is required to recover the device.
- Record
EUVD-2024-48280- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9446-54vc-3xw5
An assert may be triggered, causing a temporary denial of service when a peer device sends a...
An assert may be triggered, causing a temporary denial of service when a peer device sends a specially crafted malformed L2CAP packet. If a watchdog timer is not enabled, a hard reset is required to recover the device.
- Record
GHSA-9446-54vc-3xw5- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-617
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An assert may be triggered, causing a temporary denial of service when a peer device sends a specially crafted malformed L2CAP packet. If a watchdog timer is not enabled, a hard reset is required to recover the device.
- Record
CVE-2024-7138- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-617
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Denial of Service in Silicon Labs RS9116 Bluetooth SDK
An assert may be triggered, causing a temporary denial of service when a peer device sends a specially crafted malformed L2CAP packet. If a watchdog timer is not enabled, a hard reset is required to recover the device.
- Record
CVE-2024-7138- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-617
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-7138 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Silabs.com Rs9116 Bluetooth Sdk, published December 19, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.