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CVE-2026-42956 Out-of-bounds Write

7.1 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.1). EPSS 0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

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Out-of-bounds write for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) within Ring 0: Kernel may allow a denial of service. Network adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via adjacent access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

7.1 high
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 7th percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
CWE
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Published
Modified
Assigned by
intel (CNA)
NVD analysis
Awaiting analysis
Record from
the NVD, synced

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