CVE-2018-5859

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-07-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Due to a race condition in the MDSS MDP driver in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-07-05, a Use After Free condition can occur.

Affected products

Android: all versions

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-07-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=36400a7fa3753028a3bf89a9cdb28c5e25693c59
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-07-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=36400a7fa3753028a3bf89a9cdb28c5e25693c59
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin

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