CVE-2018-5844
In the video driver function set_output_buffers(), binfo can be accessed after being freed in a...
In the video driver function set_output_buffers(), binfo can be accessed after being freed in a failure scenario 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In the video driver function set_output_buffers(), binfo can be accessed after being freed in a failure scenario in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
- Record
CVE-2018-5844- 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-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In the video driver function set_output_buffers(), binfo can be accessed after being freed in a failure scenario in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
- Record
CVE-2018-5844- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17611 No score
In the video driver function set_output_buffers(), binfo can be accessed after being freed in a failure scenario in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
- Record
EUVD-2018-17611- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h2c6-9fcc-ch5x
In the video driver function set_output_buffers(), binfo can be accessed after being freed in a...
In the video driver function set_output_buffers(), binfo can be accessed after being freed in a failure scenario in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
- Record
GHSA-h2c6-9fcc-ch5x- 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-416
- 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-2018-5844 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published June 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 5th percentile. No source names a fixed version.