CVE-2022-26528
Published: 30 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-26528 is a medium-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Realtek Bluetooth Mesh Software Development Kit. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 39.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-31085
Vulnerability details
Realtek Linux/Android Bluetooth Mesh SDK has a buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation for the length of segmented packets’ shift parameter. An unauthenticated attacker in the adjacent network can exploit this vulnerability to cause buffer overflow and disrupt service.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.