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CVE-2018-5855 Details

Description

While padding or shrinking a nested wmi packet in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-07-05, a buffer over-read can potentially occur.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01 CVEVendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qca-wifi-host-cmn/commit/?id=61f4a467177afc23bdc1944ec61e52bed156c104 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107770 CVE
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
google android
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-5855
NVD Published Date:
Jul 6, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-5855 Details - Not Deferred