CVE-2018-11842

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, during wlan association, driver allocates memory. In case the mem allocation fails driver does a mem free though the memory was not allocated.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Qualcomm, Inc.	Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android	All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01#qualcomm-componentsPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=5eea70b9d5852e468467c1565927dbe0c76d8674Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01#qualcomm-componentsPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=5eea70b9d5852e468467c1565927dbe0c76d8674Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinPatch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 18, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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