{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5873 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2018-5873 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-5873 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-5873 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5873 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Google Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5873/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5873/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-5873","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5873/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-5873","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5873","GHSA-w7cq-36jp-q6wg","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5873"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel's namespace filesystem allows a use-after-free, potentially enabling local attackers to execute code or escalate privileges.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"qualcomm","cpe":[{"product":"android","vendor":"google"},{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"},{"id":"CWE-362","name":"Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization"}],"description":"An issue was discovered in the __ns_get_path function in fs/nsfs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11. Due to a race condition when accessing files, a Use After Free condition can occur. This also affects 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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2023-08-16","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":0,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2023-08-16T11:35:08Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Trinadh465/linux-4.1.15_CVE-2018-5873","stars":0,"title":null}],"tier":"poc_unverified"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Use after free in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android","id":"CVE-2018-5873","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"google:android","products":["google:android","linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"Memory corruption in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear","id":"CVE-2018-5874"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Memory corruption in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android","id":"CVE-2018-5872"},"products":["Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android"],"published":"2018-07-06","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Google Pixel Improper Authorization","id":"CVE-2026-58704","kev_date_added":"2026-09-16","published":"2026-09-15"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Android Runtime Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2025-48543","kev_date_added":"2025-09-04","published":"2025-09-04"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Android Framework Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2023-35674","kev_date_added":"2023-09-13","published":"2023-09-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Android Framework Integer Overflow","id":"CVE-2025-48595","kev_date_added":"2026-06-02","published":"2026-06-01"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Android Pixel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2024-32896","kev_date_added":"2024-06-13","published":"2024-06-13"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Android Framework Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2025-48572","kev_date_added":"2025-12-02","published":"2025-12-08"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Android Pixel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2024-29748","kev_date_added":"2024-04-04","published":"2024-04-05"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-17","vendors":["Qualcomm, Inc."]},"summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel's namespace filesystem allows a use-after-free, potentially enabling local attackers to execute code or escalate privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5873/"}