CVE-2018-5854
A stack-based buffer overflow can occur in fastboot from all Android releases(Android for MSM,...
A stack-based buffer overflow can occur in fastboot from all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF 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
A stack-based buffer overflow can occur in fastboot from all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the Linux kernel.
- Record
CVE-2018-5854- 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-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A stack-based buffer overflow can occur in fastboot from all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the Linux kernel.
- Record
CVE-2018-5854- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17621 No score
A stack-based buffer overflow can occur in fastboot from all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the Linux kernel.
- Record
EUVD-2018-17621- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g25f-g39h-p93r
A stack-based buffer overflow can occur in fastboot from all Android releases(Android for MSM,...
A stack-based buffer overflow can occur in fastboot from all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the Linux kernel.
- Record
GHSA-g25f-g39h-p93r- 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-787
- 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-2018-5854 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published June 15, 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.