CVE-2018-5862

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: 2018-07-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

In __wlan_hdd_cfg80211_vendor_scan() 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, when SCAN_SSIDS and QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_SCAN_FREQUENCIES are parsed, a buffer overwrite can potentially occur.

Affected products

Android: all versions

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-07-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=41ad3f76792e08a84962a0b8e9cfb1ba6c4c9ca6
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/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=41ad3f76792e08a84962a0b8e9cfb1ba6c4c9ca6
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin

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