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CVE-2018-11987

• 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: 2018-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-415

Description

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, if there is an unlikely memory alloc failure for the secure pool in boot, it can result in wrong pointer access causing kernel panic.

Affected products

• Android: all versions

References

• https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/12/03/december-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
• https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/12/03/december-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin

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