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CVE-2018-3574

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—
Severity5.5Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.27 %higher than 19% 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, userspace can request ION cache maintenance on a secure ION buffer for which the ION_FLAG_SECURE ion flag is not set and cause the kernel to attempt to perform cache maintenance on memory which does not belong to HLOS.

CVSS

Base score
5.5
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.27 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
19
Score date
10/22/2026

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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