CVE-2025-35003: Apache NuttX RTOS: NuttX Bluetooth Stack HCI and UART DoS/RCE Vulnerabilities.

9.8 CVSS

Description

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer and Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in Apache NuttX RTOS Bluetooth Stack (HCI and UART components) that may result in system crash, denial of service, or arbitrary code execution, after receiving maliciously crafted packets.

NuttX's Bluetooth HCI/UART stack users are advised to upgrade to version 12.9.0, which fixes the identified implementation issues.

This issue affects Apache NuttX: from 7.25 before 12.9.0.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-35003

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

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

Problem Types

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Affected Products

Vendor: Apache Software Foundation

Product: Apache NuttX RTOS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.07% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 20.74% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-35003
https://github.com/apache/nuttx/pull/16179
https://lists.apache.org/thread/k4xzz3jhkx48zxw9vwmqrmm4hmg78vsj

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