CVE-2018-5849
Due to a race condition in the QTEECOM driver in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM,...
Due to a race condition in the QTEECOM driver in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel, when more than one HLOS client loads the same TA, a Use After Free condition can occur.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- 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
Due to a race condition in the QTEECOM driver in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel, when more than one HLOS client loads the same TA, a Use After Free condition can occur.
- Record
CVE-2018-5849- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-362, CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Due to a race condition in the QTEECOM driver in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel, when more than one HLOS client loads the same TA, a Use After Free condition can occur.
- Record
CVE-2018-5849- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17616 No score
Due to a race condition in the QTEECOM driver in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel, when more than one HLOS client loads the same TA, a Use After Free condition can occur.
- Record
EUVD-2018-17616- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q3f9-g8q7-frj2
Due to a race condition in the QTEECOM driver in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM,...
Due to a race condition in the QTEECOM driver in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel, when more than one HLOS client loads the same TA, a Use After Free condition can occur.
- Record
GHSA-q3f9-g8q7-frj2- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-362
- 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-2018-5849 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) 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 0.12%, the 1st percentile. No source names a fixed version.