High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-5848

Description

In the function wmi_set_ie(), the length validation code does not handle unsigned integer overflow properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len' argument can cause a buffer overflow 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

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Qualcomm, Inc./Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Androidv5
Range: All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel

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References

www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-05-01nvdVendor Advisory

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