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CVE-2018-3574
In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, userspace can request ION…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.27%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- qualcomm
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.27% · top 80% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Improper Input Validation in Kernel
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
Qualcomm, Inc. · Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android
- affected All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
References (5)
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?language=en_US&articleNumber=000049462 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=09874396dfbf546e5a628d810fcf5ea51a4d5785 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=53261410da625aaa2e070555aaa150a8533e5be4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=3286b75d91519073d2f20bee85f22e294d5f1a18 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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