CVE-2025-53470 — LOW (3.1) — White Hats Nepal

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-53470?

CVE-2025-53470 has been rated LOW with a CVSS base score of 3.1/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2025-53470?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Apache Nimble.

Vulnerability Description

Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE HCI H4 driver. Specially crafted HCI event could lead to invalid memory read in H4 driver. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.8. This issue requires a broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus severity is considered low. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9, which fixes the issue.

CVSS Score

3.1

LOW

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

Attack Vector

ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

LOW

Integrity

NONE

Availability

NONE

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache	Nimble	< 1.9.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

References

https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/commit/b973df0c6cf7b30efbf8eb2cafdc1ee84Patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread/32sm0944dyod4sdql77stgyw9xb2msc0Mailing ListVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/08/2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2025-53470?

CVE-2025-53470 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.1 (LOW). Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE HCI H4 driver. Specially crafted HCI event could lead to invalid memory read in H4 driver. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.8. This iss...

How severe is CVE-2025-53470?

CVE-2025-53470 has been rated LOW with a CVSS base score of 3.1/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2025-53470?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Apache Nimble.