CVE-2018-3578
Type mismatch for ie_len can cause the WLAN driver to allocate less memory on the heap due to...
Type mismatch for ie_len can cause the WLAN driver to allocate less memory on the heap due to implicit casting leading to a heap buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Type mismatch for ie_len can cause the WLAN driver to allocate less memory on the heap due to implicit casting leading to a heap buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
- Record
CVE-2018-3578- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Type mismatch for ie_len can cause the WLAN driver to allocate less memory on the heap due to implicit casting leading to a heap buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
- Record
CVE-2018-3578- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-15432 No score
Type mismatch for ie_len can cause the WLAN driver to allocate less memory on the heap due to implicit casting leading to a heap buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
- Record
EUVD-2018-15432- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jq5f-5mgc-cg87
Type mismatch for ie_len can cause the WLAN driver to allocate less memory on the heap due to...
Type mismatch for ie_len can cause the WLAN driver to allocate less memory on the heap due to implicit casting leading to a heap buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
- Record
GHSA-jq5f-5mgc-cg87- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-3578 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published June 6, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.