CVE-2018-16986

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 86.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-11-06 16:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 10:39Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-09-13

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f974e3344adc78e2d980e903fbd83aca7a55c9fb34572865d4b0fd341659f661

• armis.comhttps://armis.com/bleedingbit/x_refsource_MISC
• e2e.ti.comhttp://e2e.ti.com/support/wireless-connectivity/bluetooth/f/538/t/742827x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1042018http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042018vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#317277https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/317277third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• www.securityfocus.com105812http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105812vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• tools.cisco.com20181101 Texas Instruments Bluetooth Low Energy Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilityhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181101-apvendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO