CVE intelligence

CVE-2018-5848

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jun 12, 2018Sources checked Oct 21, 2026

7.8HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2018-5848 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Ubuntu Security Notices guidance

Vendor revision: Oct 13, 2026

This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - IPv6 networking; - Netfilter; (CVE-2026-53131)

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.3%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2018-5848?

In the function wmi_set_ie(), the length validation code does not handle unsigned integer overflow properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len' argument can cause a buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

Source: NVD