High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jul 6, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-5859

Description

Due to a race condition in the MDSS MDP driver 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 Use After Free condition can occur.

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Affected products

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

source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-07-01nvdPatchVendor Advisory
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/nvdPatch
www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinnvdPatch

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