CVE-2018-5897

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% 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-125

Description

While reading the data from buffer in dci_process_ctrl_status() there can be buffer over-read problem if the len is not checked correctly 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.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components

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