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CVE-2018-5909

• 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: 2018-11-27 · 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, buffer overflow occur may occur in display handlers due to lack of checking in buffer size before copying into it and will lead to memory corruption.

Affected products

• Android: all versions

References

• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=2c1716c5afd660651724b6088f2e6301272f4926
• https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/11/05/november-2018-code-aurora-forum-security-bulletin
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=2c1716c5afd660651724b6088f2e6301272f4926
• https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/11/05/november-2018-code-aurora-forum-security-bulletin

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