CVE-2018-5855

While padding or shrinking a nested wmi packet in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-07-05, a buffer over-read can potentially occur.

• CWE-125

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107770
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qca-wifi-host-cmn/commit/?id=61f4a467177afc23bdc1944ec61e52bed156c104Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinPatch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107770
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qca-wifi-host-cmn/commit/?id=61f4a467177afc23bdc1944ec61e52bed156c104Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinPatch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jul 6, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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