High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5843
CVE-2018-5843
Description
In the function wma_pdev_div_info_evt_handler() in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel, there is no upper bound check on the value event->num_chains_valid received from firmware which can lead to a buffer overwrite of the fixed size chain_rssi_result structure.
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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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