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CVE-2019-15948
Texas Instruments CC256x and WL18xx dual-mode Bluetooth controller devices, when LE scan mode is used, allow remote attackers to trigger a…
High8.8EPSS 2.5%
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Description
Texas Instruments CC256x and WL18xx dual-mode Bluetooth controller devices, when LE scan mode is used, allow remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow via a malformed Bluetooth Low Energy advertising packet, to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. This affects CC256xC-BT-SP 1.2, CC256xB-BT-SP 1.8, and WL18xx-BT-SP 4.4.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-kovah-2587185 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://e2e.ti.com/support/wireless-connectivity/bluetooth/f/538/t/856161 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/darkmentorllc/publications/tree/master/2020/TI_SILABS_BLE_RCEs (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/darkmentorllc/jackbnimble/blob/master/host/pocs/ti_wl18xx_adv_rce.py (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk5lOxieqbA (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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