CVE-2018-5889

high

Description

While processing a compressed kernel image, a buffer overflow can occur in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05.

References

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=a95ca8e2eeb8a030e977f033cff122cad408158c

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-07-06

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00043