{"id":"CVE-2018-3574","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-3574","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:18:11.844Z","title":"In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, userspace can request ION cache maintenance on a secure ION buffer for which the ION_FLAG_SECURE ion flag is not set and cause the kernel to…","description":"In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, userspace can request ION cache maintenance on a secure ION buffer for which the ION_FLAG_SECURE ion flag is not set and cause the kernel to attempt to perform cache maintenance on memory which does not belong to HLOS.","published":"2018-09-19T14:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:57:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@qualcomm.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.00273,"percentile":0.19538,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=3286b75d91519073d2f20bee85f22e294d5f1a18","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=09874396dfbf546e5a628d810fcf5ea51a4d5785","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=53261410da625aaa2e070555aaa150a8533e5be4","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?language=en_US&articleNumber=000049462","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=3286b75d91519073d2f20bee85f22e294d5f1a18","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=09874396dfbf546e5a628d810fcf5ea51a4d5785","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=53261410da625aaa2e070555aaa150a8533e5be4","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?language=en_US&articleNumber=000049462","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3574","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}