CVE-2018-5899
In Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05, whenever TDLS connection is setup, we are freeing the netbuf in ol_tx_completion_handler and after that, we…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05, whenever TDLS connection is setup, we are freeing the netbuf in ol_tx_completion_handler and after that, we are accessing it in NBUF_UPDATE_TX_PKT_COUNT causing a use after free.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.17% probability · 6th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- product-security@qualcomm.com
EPSS 0.2% 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://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-componentsVendor Advisory
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinPatch
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-componentsVendor Advisory
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.