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CVE-2018-10910 json

A bug in Bluez may allow for the Bluetooth Discoverable state being set to on when no Bluetooth agent is registered with the system.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-2966

cvss
4.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A bug in Bluez may allow for the Bluetooth Discoverable state being set to on when no Bluetooth agent is registered with the system. This situation could lead to the unauthorized pairing of certain Bluetooth devices without any form of authentication. Versions before bluez 5.51 are vulnerable.

Patch / fix

  • bluez bluez 5.51
  • bluez Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.54-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10910

  • gnome-bluetooth Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.28.0-2ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10910

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  • bluez RHEL 8 5.50-3.el8
  • bluez-cups RHEL 8 5.50-3.el8
  • bluez-libs RHEL 8 5.50-3.el8
  • bluez-obexd RHEL 8 5.50-3.el8
  • bluez-hid2hci RHEL 8 5.50-3.el8
  • bluez RHEL 7 5.44-6.el7
  • bluez-cups RHEL 7 5.44-6.el7
  • bluez-libs RHEL 7 5.44-6.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1912RHSA-2020:1101

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-10910 updated cvss 4.5

bluez: failure in disabling Bluetooth discoverability in certain cases may lead to the unauthorized pairing of Bluetooth devices

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) bluez-debuginfo 5.50-3.el8, bluez-libs-devel 5.50-3.el8, bluez-debugsource 5.50-3.el8, bluez-cups-debuginfo 5.50-3.el8, bluez-libs-debuginfo 5.50-3.el8, bluez-obexd-debuginfo 5.50-3.el8, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) bluez-cups 5.50-3.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bluez 5.50-3.el8, bluez-libs 5.50-3.el8, bluez-obexd 5.50-3.el8, bluez-hid2hci 5.50-3.el8
    fixed: vendor fix “Disable Bluetooth.” RHSA-2020:1912
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) bluez 5.44-6.el7, bluez-libs 5.44-6.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) bluez-cups 5.44-6.el7, bluez-hid2hci 5.44-6.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) bluez 5.44-6.el7, bluez-libs 5.44-6.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) bluez 5.44-6.el7, bluez-cups 5.44-6.el7, bluez-hid2hci 5.44-6.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) bluez 5.44-6.el7, bluez-libs 5.44-6.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) bluez 5.44-6.el7, bluez-cups 5.44-6.el7, bluez-hid2hci 5.44-6.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) bluez 5.44-6.el7, bluez-libs 5.44-6.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) bluez-cups 5.44-6.el7, bluez-hid2hci 5.44-6.el7
    fixed: vendor fix “Disable Bluetooth.” RHSA-2020:1101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 bluez, bluez-alsa, bluez-cups, bluez-libs, bluez-compat, bluez-gstreamer
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10910 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 4.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.0 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • The Bluez Project bluez

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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