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CVE-2018-5871

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-338

Description

In Snapdragon (Automobile, Mobile, Wear) in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, QCA6574AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, SDA660, SDM429, SDM439, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM710, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, MAC address randomization performed during probe requests (for privacy reasons) is not done properly due to a flawed RNG which produces repeating output much earlier than expected.

Affected products

• Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Msm8996Au Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Qca6574Au Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd205 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd210 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd212 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd415 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd425 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd427 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd430 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd435 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd450 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd615 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd616 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd650 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd652 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd820A Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd835 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd845 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sd850 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sda660 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sdm429 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sdm439 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sdm630 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sdm632 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sdm636 Firmware: all versions
• Qualcomm Sdm660 Firmware: all versions

References

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01#qualcomm-closed-source-components
• https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01#qualcomm-closed-source-components
• https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins

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