A flaw was found in the sbc library (BlueZ SBC codec). An off-by-one error in the SBC frame decoder allows a crafted audio payload to trigger a one-byte heap out-of-bounds read. This could allow an adjacent attacker streaming Bluetooth audio to read a single byte of adjacent heap memory.

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There is no practical mitigation short of disabling Bluetooth A2DP audio decoding entirely. The SBC codec is mandatory for A2DP and the decode path is invoked automatically on incoming Bluetooth audio streams.

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Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in the sbc library (BlueZ SBC codec). An off-by-one error in the SBC frame decoder allows a crafted audio payload to trigger a one-byte heap out-of-bounds read. This could allow an adjacent attacker streaming Bluetooth audio to read a single byte of adjacent heap memory.
Title Sbc: sbc: heap out-of-bounds read via crafted sbc audio frame
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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Updated: 2026-07-22T10:07:12.419Z

Reserved: 2026-07-21T14:03:06.762Z

Link: CVE-2026-16473

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