CVE-2018-5846 Use after free in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android
A use-after-free flaw in the Qualcomm IPA driver allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via specific IOCTL calls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-5846?
CVE-2018-5846 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A Use After Free condition can occur in the IPA driver whenever the IPA IOCTLs IPA_IOC_NOTIFY_WAN_UPSTREAM_ROUTE_ADD/IPA_IOC_NOTIFY_WAN_UPSTREAM_ROUTE_DEL/IPA_IOC_NOTIFY_WAN_EMBMS_CONNECTED are called in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5846?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2018-5846?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5846 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2018-5846 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5846 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2xj9-f7p4-9r93.