PT-2018-17188 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2018-07-06 · Updated 2018-08-29 · CVE-2018-5853

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android versions prior to security patch level 2018-05-05

Description: A race condition exists in a driver, potentially leading to a use-after-free condition. This issue affects all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel before the specified security patch level.

Recommendations: For Android versions prior to security patch level 2018-05-05, apply the security patch to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5853

Affected Products

Android

Linux Kernel

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5853 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-05-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=f64e9815f0488a7b37e4e1395a1457d1dfefda66 · Note