CVE-2018-5383
Apple Inc., Android Open Source Project · published 2018-08-07
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Description
Description by CERT/CC via the CVE Program.
Bluetooth firmware or operating system software drivers in macOS versions before 10.13, High Sierra and iOS versions before 11.4, and Android versions before the 2018-06-05 patch may not sufficiently validate elliptic curve parameters used to generate public keys during a Diffie-Hellman key exchange, which may allow a remote attacker to obtain the encryption key used by the device.
Filed by CERT/CC; not a statement by Apple Inc., Android Open Source Project.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Analyzed
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | macOS | 10.13 High Sierra – before 10.13.6: affected |
| Apple | iOS | 11 – before 11.4: affected |
| Android Open Source Project | Android | unspecified – before 2018-06-05 patch level: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (4)
cpe:2.3:o:ti:wl18xx_bluetooth_service_pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 3.1: 6.8 MEDIUM — as published by NIST (Primary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.0: 8 HIGH — as published by CERT/CC (Secondary)
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUM — as published by NIST (Primary)
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
Sources
References the source lists
- http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~biham/BT/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104879
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041432
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2169
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00005.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4351-1/
- https://www.bluetooth.com/news/unknown/2018/07/bluetooth-sig-security-update
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/304725
- http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~biham/BT/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104879
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041432
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2169
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00005.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4351-1/
- https://www.bluetooth.com/news/unknown/2018/07/bluetooth-sig-security-update
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/304725
Source dates: published 2018-08-07, last changed 2026-06-17. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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