CVE-2018-3574

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the...

5.5 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.27%Down 0.2 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

Record: CVE-2018-3574
CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2018-3574
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2018-15428 No score

Record: EUVD-2018-15428
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j34r-8f56-3c8r 5.5

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the...

Record: GHSA-j34r-8f56-3c8r
CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-3574 5.5

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3574
CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-3574 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Google Android, published September 19, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 19th percentile. No source names a fixed version.