🛡️ CVE-2023-50230 on Alpine 3.17 (Root.io) — rootio-bluez

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

8.0

CVSS Score

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Description

CVE-2023-50230 in rootio-bluez - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2023-50230 in the rootio-bluez package for Root:Alpine:3.17. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-50230 as tracked by Alpine 3.17 (Root.io), for the package rootio-bluez. The fix is available in version 5.66-r10074; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-317-CVE-2023-50230 is classified as CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow. A write past the end of a heap allocation corrupts allocator metadata or neighbouring objects.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-317-CVE-2023-50230 is recorded against 1 package.

rootio-bluez (fixed in 5.66-r10074)

Timeline and source

Published on 22 March 2026 and last revised on 28 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2023-50230 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Base record Debian Ubuntu

Details

Severity HIGH

CVSS Score 8.0

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

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2026-03-22

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-07-28

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
rootio-bluez	—	5.66-r10074

References

N/A

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