CVE 7.5 HIGH

Apache Mynewt NimBLE: NULL Pointer Dereference in NimBLE host HCI layer_CVE-2025-53477

7.5 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Apache Nimble.

Missing validation of HCI connection complete or HCI command TX buffer could lead to NULL pointer dereference.
This issue requires disabled asserts and broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low.

This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.8.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-53477
Source apache
Published Jan 10, 2026 at 09:45
Modified Jan 12, 2026 at 16:54

Affected Product

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Mynewt NimBLE
Affected Versions Apache Software Foundation Apache Mynewt NimBLE 0

CWE Classification

References

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