# InternalBlue - Bluetooth Binary Patching and Experimentation Framework

> The paper reverse engineers Broadcom Bluetooth controllers and presents InternalBlue for patching their firmware. It evaluates the framework through vulnerability tests, bug fixes, and added security features.

- Authors: Dennis Mantz; Jiska Classen; Matthias Schulz; Matthias Hollick
- Venue: Proceedings of the 17th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services
- Status: Conference paper
- Publication / posting date: June 12, 2019
- Date source: Published date in the Crossref record for the DOI listed on arXiv.
- First arXiv submission: May 2, 2019
- arXiv: 1905.00631
- Reviewed arXiv version: v1
- DOI: 10.1145/3307334.3326089
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original paper: <https://doi.org/10.1145/3307334.3326089>
- PDF: <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.00631>
- BibTeX: <https://awesomerea.org/papers/citations/paper-internalblue.bib>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/papers/paper-internalblue/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/papers/paper-internalblue/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/papers/paper-internalblue/index.md)

## Scope and limitations

The work covers multiple Broadcom Bluetooth chipsets used in smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, with experiments on their controller firmware and Bluetooth stack.

## Why it fits this collection

Examines commercial Bluetooth controller internals and uses the recovered functions to modify firmware.

## Publication and review notes

The DOI comes from the arXiv record, and the venue and date from Crossref.

## Primary sources

1. <https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.00631>
2. <https://api.crossref.org/works/10.1145/3307334.3326089>

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