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CVE-2018-11281

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, while calling IPA_IOC_MDFY_RT_RULE IPA IOCTL, header entry is not checked before use. If IPA_IOC_MDFY_RT_RULE IOCTL called for header entries formerly deleted, a Use after free condition will occur.

Affected products

• Android: all versions

References

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-09-01#qualcomm-components
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=c9861d16283cb4279de98a6695e0a4e6ea0230cb
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=4bc7311e9ea9145a615184626cc43a8b92e7619c
• https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-09-01#qualcomm-components
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=c9861d16283cb4279de98a6695e0a4e6ea0230cb
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=4bc7311e9ea9145a615184626cc43a8b92e7619c
• https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin

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