CVE-2018-5860
In the MDSS driver in all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from...
In the MDSS driver in all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the Linux kernel, a data structure may be used without being initialized correctly.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In the MDSS driver in all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the Linux kernel, a data structure may be used without being initialized correctly.
- Record
CVE-2018-5860- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-824
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In the MDSS driver in all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the Linux kernel, a data structure may be used without being initialized correctly.
- Record
CVE-2018-5860- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17627 No score
In the MDSS driver in all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the Linux kernel, a data structure may be used without being initialized correctly.
- Record
EUVD-2018-17627- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g5cg-643p-2m3g
In the MDSS driver in all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from...
In the MDSS driver in all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the Linux kernel, a data structure may be used without being initialized correctly.
- Record
GHSA-g5cg-643p-2m3g- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-824
- 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-2018-5860 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) 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 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.