CVE-2005-2547: Bluez Project Bluez

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper.

Affected products

• Bluez Project Bluez: version 2.18 only

Published 2005-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.