In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, WLAN handler indication from th…

published 2018-09-18 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-3334

cvss: 8.0; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits: 0; none known

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, WLAN handler indication from the firmware gets the information for 4 access categories. While processing this information only the first 3 AC information is copied due to the improper conditional logic used to compare with the max number of categories.

Patch / fix

links 2

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Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.8	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Qualcomm, Inc. Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

source.codeaurora.org /quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=fc7f79288ba28e82d04153763023b69755d6c3a1
patch, third-party-advisory
codeaurora.org /security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
patch, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/107770
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-11294
NVD CVE-2018-11294

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