CVE-2018-11840

HIGH

Android - Use After Free

Title source: llm

Description

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, while processing the WLAN driver command ioctl a temporary buffer used to construct the reply message may be freed twice.

References (3)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=a3d53bb977b907a5d11d22cad3f8ebf3f1d2b1ed

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107770

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 6.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-415

Status published

Affected Products (1)

google/android

Timeline

Published Sep 18, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026