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CVE-2018-5889

• 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

While processing a compressed kernel image, a buffer overflow can occur in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05.

Affected products

• Android: all versions

References

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=a95ca8e2eeb8a030e977f033cff122cad408158c
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=a95ca8e2eeb8a030e977f033cff122cad408158c

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