Vulnerability in Android Open Source Project
CVE-2018-5383
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Android Open Source Project — versions unspecified
- Apple iOS — versions 11
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple macOS — versions 10.13 High Sierra
- Apple Mac OS X
- Google Android — versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0
- Ti Wl18xx Bluetooth Service Pack
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.cs.technion.ac.il/~biham/BT/ (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041432 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/304725 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.bluetooth.com/news/unknown/2018/07/bluetooth-sig-security-update (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104879 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00005.html (mailing-list, Mailing List)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2169 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4095-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4095-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-5383?
- CVE-2018-5383 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Android Open Source Project, classified under Missing Cryptographic Step. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2018-08-07.
- How severe is CVE-2018-5383?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-5383 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.