In Qualcomm Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel before security…

published 2018-04-03 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-17593

cvss: 5.9; 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 23%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Qualcomm Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel before security patch level 2018-04-05, due to a race condition, a Use After Free condition can occur in the WLAN driver.

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Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

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

Classification

Weakness

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
CWE-416 Use After Free

References

source.android.com /security/bulletin/pixel/2018-04-01
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-5826
NVD CVE-2018-5826

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