In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, a race condition while accessin…

published 2018-09-19 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17672

cvss: 7.0; 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

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, a race condition while accessing num of clients in DIAG services can lead to out of boundary access.

Patch / fix

links 3

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	7.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.4	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

source.codeaurora.org /quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=6eb2f4f6fde1b210712d6ac66b40b9e7684d77db
patch, third-party-advisory
codeaurora.org /security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
patch, third-party-advisory
source.android.com /security/bulletin/pixel/2018-08-01#qualcomm-components
patch, vendor-advisory
support.blackberry.com /kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000051163
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-5905
NVD CVE-2018-5905

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Summary