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CVE-2018-10910

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10910 describes a vulnerability in Bluez versions prior to 5.51, affecting various Linux distributions including Ubuntu. This flaw allows the Bluetooth Discoverable state to be enabled without an active Bluetooth agent, potentially leading to unauthorized device pairing without authentication. The vulnerability is rated as LOW severity (CVSS 3.3), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, and a potential impact of limited confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.51CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bluez:bluez:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 1,511 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: bluez-0:5.44-6.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: bluez-0:5.50-3.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-10910Low

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

Jul 20, 2018

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3856-1
Third Party Advisory