CVE-2018-5838
Improper Validation of Array Index In the adreno OpenGL driver in Snapdragon Automobile,...
Improper Validation of Array Index In the adreno OpenGL driver in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, an out-of-bounds access can occur in SurfaceFlinger.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Improper Validation of Array Index In the adreno OpenGL driver in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, an out-of-bounds access can occur in SurfaceFlinger.
- Record
CVE-2018-5838- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-129
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Improper Validation of Array Index In the adreno OpenGL driver in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, an out-of-bounds access can occur in SurfaceFlinger.
- Record
CVE-2018-5838- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17605 No score
Improper Validation of Array Index In the adreno OpenGL driver in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, an out-of-bounds access can occur in SurfaceFlinger.
- Record
EUVD-2018-17605- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gm67-259q-5m4f
Improper Validation of Array Index In the adreno OpenGL driver in Snapdragon Automobile,...
Improper Validation of Array Index In the adreno OpenGL driver in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, an out-of-bounds access can occur in SurfaceFlinger.
- Record
GHSA-gm67-259q-5m4f- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-129
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- qualcomm mdm9206 firmware
- qualcomm mdm9607 firmware
- qualcomm mdm9650 firmware
- qualcomm msm8909w firmware
- qualcomm msm8996au firmware
- qualcomm sd 205 firmware
- qualcomm sd 210 firmware
- qualcomm sd 212 firmware
- qualcomm sd 415 firmware
- qualcomm sd 425 firmware
- qualcomm sd 430 firmware
- qualcomm sd 450 firmware
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- qualcomm sd 600 firmware
- qualcomm sd 615 firmware
- qualcomm sd 616 firmware
- qualcomm sd 617 firmware
- qualcomm sd 625 firmware
- qualcomm sd 650 firmware
- qualcomm sd 652 firmware
- qualcomm sd 800 firmware
- qualcomm sd 810 firmware
- qualcomm sd 820 firmware
- qualcomm sd 820a firmware
- qualcomm sd 835 firmware
- qualcomm sd 845 firmware
- qualcomm sdx20 firmware
- qualcomm, inc. snapdragon automobile, snapdragon mobile, snapdragon wear
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-2018-5838 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published July 6, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.