# CVE-2018-5383: Bluetooth implementations may not sufficiently validate elliptic curve parameters during Diffie-Hellman key exchange

- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.13.6, 11.4, 2018-06-05 patch level
- Published: 2018-08-07 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Apple macOS: from 10.13 High Sierra, fixed in 10.13.6
- Apple iOS: from 11, fixed in 11.4
- Android Open Source Project Android: fixed in 2018-06-05 patch level

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apple macOS, Apple iOS, Android Open Source Project Android, upgrade to a fixed version (10.13.6, 11.4, 2018-06-05 patch level) per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~biham/BT/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041432
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/304725
- https://www.bluetooth.com/news/unknown/2018/07/bluetooth-sig-security-update
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104879
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00005.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2169
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4351-1/

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