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CVE-2018-5853

Status: ModifiedHigh (7)—
Severity7High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.14 %higher than 3% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

A race condition exists in a driver in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-05-05 potentially leading to a use-after-free condition.

CVSS

Base score
7
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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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Raw JSON (NVD)

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