CVE-2019-9329
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn Bluetooth, there is a possible out of bounds read due to uninitialized data. This could lead to remote information disclosure, with no additional privileges required. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-112917952
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIn Android-10's Bluetooth stack, an out of bounds read vulnerability exists due to uninitialized data. This memory safety flaw allows remote information disclosure without requiring user interaction or elevated privileges, as an attacker can potentially read sensitive memory contents by sending malformed Bluetooth data to a vulnerable device.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 10.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Android version is 10.0Navigate to Settings > About Phone > Android version, or run 'getprop ro.build.version.release' via ADB shellAffected if The installed Android version is exactly 10.0 (not 10.1 or later)
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Check Android security patch levelNavigate to Settings > About Phone > Security patch level, or run 'getprop ro.build.version.security_patch' via ADB shellAffected if The security patch level is earlier than October 2019 or the patch level cannot be verified through official Android security bulletins
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Verify Bluetooth is enabledCheck Settings > Bluetooth toggle status, or run 'settings get global bluetooth_on' via ADB shell (returns 1 for enabled, 0 for disabled)Affected if Bluetooth is currently turned on (value is 1)
Device is affected if running Android 10.0 with a pre-October 2019 security patch level AND Bluetooth is enabled, as the out-of-bounds read in the Bluetooth stack requires the Bluetooth feature to be active for a remote attacker to exploit the vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the Android security patch level that includes the fix for CVE-2019-9329. Organizations should inventory all Android-10 devices, verify patch status via system updates, and consider disabling Bluetooth when not in use in high-risk environments.
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- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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