In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, double free of memory allocation is possible in Kernel when it explicitly tries to free that memory on driver probe failure, since memory allocated is automatically freed on probe
Published Sep 18, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.19%
Description
In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, double free of memory allocation is possible in Kernel when it explicitly tries to free that memory on driver probe failure, since memory allocated is automatically freed on probe.
Affected products
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- Version All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernelStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Qualcomm, Inc. | Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android | n/a |
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.19% (0.00187) | 7.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.19% (0.00187) | 8.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 21.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 20.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 12, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 18.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.34% (0.00344) | 3.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.34% (0.00344) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-09-01#qualcomm-components x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=83a44ca6057bf9c1e36515cded28edc32a4a1501 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-09-01#qualcomm-components | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=83a44ca6057bf9c1e36515cded28edc32a4a1501 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory |
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