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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2018-11986 json

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, Possible buffer overflow in TX a…

published 2018-12-20 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-3978

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, Possible buffer overflow in TX and RX FIFOs of microcontroller in camera subsystem used to exchange commands and messages between Micro FW and CPP driver.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Qualcomm, Inc. Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.