CVE-2018-5905

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: 2018-09-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, a race condition while accessing num of clients in DIAG services can lead to out of boundary access.

Affected products

Android: all versions

References

http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000051163
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-08-01#qualcomm-components
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=6eb2f4f6fde1b210712d6ac66b40b9e7684d77db
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000051163
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-08-01#qualcomm-components
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=6eb2f4f6fde1b210712d6ac66b40b9e7684d77db
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin

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