CVE-2018-5828

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: 2018-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

In Qualcomm Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel before security patch level 2018-04-05, in function wma_extscan_start_stop_event_handler(), vdev_id comes from the variable event from firmware and is not properly validated potentially leading to a buffer overwrite.

Affected products

Android: all versions

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-04-01
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-04-01

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