{"id":"CVE-2018-5848","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-5848","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:19:30.953Z","title":"In the function wmi_set_ie(), the length validation code does not handle unsigned integer overflow properly.","description":"In the function wmi_set_ie(), the length validation code does not handle unsigned integer overflow properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len' argument can cause a buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.","published":"2018-06-12T20:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:00:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@qualcomm.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119","CWE-190"],"affected":["google/android","redhat/virtualization host","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux workstation","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.00388,"percentile":0.3273,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-05-01","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5848","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."}