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CVE-2018-5856
In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, due to a race condition, a Use…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.20%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 90% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, due to a race condition, a Use After Free condition can occur in Audio.
Timeline
ID reserved
By qualcomm
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References3
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/opensource/audio-kernel/commit/?id=7ab92dd2952d59f3c15c856effe94bba1858e3ff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=3b666735fcc49f5cd3a63440fdc0667ae9316f17 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/11/05/november-2018-code-aurora-forum-security-bulletin (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-17623 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-5856)Record last updated .