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CVE-2018-11988

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—
Severity7.8High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.14 %higher than 3% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, Un-trusted pointer de-reference issue by accessing a variable which is already freed.

CVSS

Base score
7.8
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.14 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
3
Score date
10/21/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Android

CWEs

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