Buffer over -read can occur while processing a FILS authentication frame in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for…

published 2018-06-06 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-15416

cvss: 5.5; 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 24%
public exploits: 0; none known

Buffer over -read can occur while processing a FILS authentication frame in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

Patch / fix

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Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.1	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

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

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

codeaurora.org /security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2
patch, third-party-advisory
source.android.com /security/bulletin/2018-05-01
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-3562
NVD CVE-2018-3562

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