Bluetooth BR/EDR devices with Secure Simple Pairing and Secure Connections pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification 4.2 through 5.4 allow certain man-in-the-middle attacks that force a short key length, and might lead to discovery of the encryption key and live injection, aka BLUFFS.
CVE-2023-24023
Score 6.8 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2023-11-28. NVD baseline CVSS 6.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.8
- EG Score
- 6.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 31(Track)EG Risk 31/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity68% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 69%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 28, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (4)
- cve@mitrehttps://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3576915.3623066
- cve@mitrehttps://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/key-attributes/bluetooth-security/bluffs-vulnerability/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3576915.3623066
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/key-attributes/bluetooth-security/bluffs-vulnerability/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-24023(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2024:2950Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2024:3138Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2024:2394Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Patch Availability(8)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-tools-azure (4.15.0.1176.191~14.04.1) @ trusty | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.4.0-1042 (5.4.0-1042.46) @ focal | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency (5.15.0.1053.53) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-virtual-lts-xenial (4.4.0.253.259) @ xenial | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.105.102) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10 | 2024-05-22 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 | 2024-05-22 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 | 2024-04-30 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 5.10.103-1 ... 7.2~rc5-1~exp1 (499 versions) | — | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 6.1.27-1 ... 6.1.76-1~bpo11+1 (17 versions) | 6.1.76-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | — | 6.6.9-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | — | 6.6.9-1 | — |
Additional Vendor Advisories
(6)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-240232023-11-14
Mitre: CVE-2023-24023 Bluetooth Vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-6739-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6740-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6741-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6742-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6742-2MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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