VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-5383

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.81%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-325: Missing Cryptographic Step
  • CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Primary references