In wma_nan_rsp_event_handler() in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android)…

Description

In wma_nan_rsp_event_handler() 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, the data_len value is received from firmware and not properly validated which could potentially lead to an out-of-bounds access.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.18% · top 93% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• Buffer Over-read in WLAN
• CWE-125 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-125 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 (3)

• https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=12a789c2e0e9fd2df40ac13ac27fe99487263887 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components (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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2018-5836](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2018-5836.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-5836)

Record last updated 16 Sept 2024, 16:48 UTC.