CVE-2018-5871

medium

Description

In Snapdragon (Automobile, Mobile, Wear) in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, QCA6574AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, SDA660, SDM429, SDM439, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM710, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, MAC address randomization performed during probe requests (for privacy reasons) is not done properly due to a flawed RNG which produces repeating output much earlier than expected.

References

https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01#qualcomm-closed-source-components

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-09-20

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00067