CVE-2018-14853
A NULL pointer dereference in dhd_prot_txdata_write_flush in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_msgbuf.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allows an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.94%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A NULL pointer dereference in dhd_prot_txdata_write_flush in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_msgbuf.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allows an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi chip) to cause the device to reboot. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11783.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.94% probability · 61th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- samsung/galaxy s6 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/securesystemslab/periscope/blob/master/bugs-found/CVE-2018-14853.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://people.cs.kuleuven.be/~stijn.volckaert/papers/2019_NDSS_PeriScope.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/securesystemslab/periscope/blob/master/bugs-found/CVE-2018-14853.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.