High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5842
CVE-2018-5842
Description
An arbitrary address write can occur if a compromised WLAN firmware sends incorrect data to WLAN driver in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
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Affected products
1- Qualcomm, Inc./Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Androidv5Range: All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
Patches
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References
2- www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-05-01nvdThird Party Advisory
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