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CVE-2018-5848

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

In the function wmi_set_ie(), the length validation code does not handle unsigned integer overflow properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len' argument can cause a buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Android: all versions
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0
• RedHat Virtualization Host: 4.0

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html
• https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-05-01
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html

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