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CVE-2020-16142 json

On Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG Premium Plus c220 BlueTec vehicles, the Bluetooth stack mishandles %x and %c format-string specifiers in a dev…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-8108

cvss
3.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

On Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG Premium Plus c220 BlueTec vehicles, the Bluetooth stack mishandles %x and %c format-string specifiers in a device name in the COMAND infotainment software.

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Exploit prediction

0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 2.9 AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

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