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 2018-05-17 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-17594

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
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, a buffer overflow vulnerability exists in WLAN while processing an extscan hotlist event.

Patch / fix

links 1

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/co… commit

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Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/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-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

source.codeaurora.org /quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=53e6d889ac29336ba212a0d4a987455a85736fa8
patch, third-party-advisory
source.android.com /security/bulletin/pixel/2018-04-01
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-5827
NVD CVE-2018-5827

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