{"id":"CVE-2018-5899","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-5899","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:18:53.364Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2018-07-06T17:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:01:00.000Z","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-416"],"affected":["google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.00168,"percentile":0.06078,"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 (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin","tags":["Patch"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5899","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."}