CVE-2024-7139
Denial of Service in Silicon Labs RS9116 Bluetooth SDK
Due to an unchecked buffer length, a specially crafted L2CAP packet can cause a buffer overflow. This buffer overflow triggers an assert, which results in a temporary denial of service.
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
Due to an unchecked buffer length, a specially crafted L2CAP packet can cause a buffer overflow. This buffer overflow triggers an assert, which results in a temporary denial of service.
If a watchdog timer is not enabled, a hard reset is required to recover the device.
- Record
CVE-2024-7139- 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-787, CWE-617
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-48323
Due to an unchecked buffer length, a specially crafted L2CAP packet can cause a buffer overflow. This buffer overflow triggers an assert, which results in a temporary denial of service.
If a watchdog timer is not enabled, a hard reset is required to recover the device.
- Record
EUVD-2024-48323- 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-m2wv-vgv6-f4hv
Due to an unchecked buffer length, a specially crafted L2CAP packet can cause a buffer overflow....
Due to an unchecked buffer length, a specially crafted L2CAP packet can cause a buffer overflow. This buffer overflow triggers an assert, which results in a temporary denial of service.
If a watchdog timer is not enabled, a hard reset is required to recover the device.
- Record
GHSA-m2wv-vgv6-f4hv- 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
Due to an unchecked buffer length, a specially crafted L2CAP packet can cause a buffer overflow. This buffer overflow triggers an assert, which results in a temporary denial of service.
If a watchdog timer is not enabled, a hard reset is required to recover the device.
- Record
CVE-2024-7139- 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, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Denial of Service in Silicon Labs RS9116 Bluetooth SDK
Due to an unchecked buffer length, a specially crafted L2CAP packet can cause a buffer overflow. This buffer overflow triggers an assert, which results in a temporary denial of service.
If a watchdog timer is not enabled, a hard reset is required to recover the device.
- Record
CVE-2024-7139- 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, CWE-787
- 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-2024-7139 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 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.