Low 3.1Published Jan 10, 2026

CVE-2025-53470Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache NimBLE HCI H4 driver.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:10 UTC)

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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: 3.1 LOW (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-125
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apache nimble apache:nimble	before 1.9.0	NVD

References

https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/commit/b973df0c6cf7b30efbf8eb2cafdc1ee843464b76patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread/32sm0944dyod4sdql77stgyw9xb2msc0mailing-list, vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/08/2mailing-list, third-party-advisory

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