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CVE-2018-5891· NVD / CVE Program· CNA qualcomm

While processing modem SSR after IMS is registered, the IMS data daemon is restarted but the ipc_dataHandle is no longer available.

While processing modem SSR after IMS is registered, the IMS data daemon is restarted but the ipc_dataHandle is no longer available. Consequently, the DPL thread frees the internal memory for dataDHandle but the local variable pointer is not updated which can lead to a Use After Free condition in Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear.

HighCVSS 8.4 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jul 6, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 12th percentile
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Action score

33

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
33 / 40 · 8.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
qualcommmsm8909w firmware
qualcommmsm8909w
qualcommmsm8996au firmware
qualcommmsm8996au
qualcommsd 210 firmware
qualcommsd 210
qualcommsd 212 firmware
qualcommsd 212
qualcommsd 205 firmware
qualcommsd 205
qualcommsd 450 firmware
qualcommsd 450

and 18 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • qualcomm msm8909w firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm msm8996au firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 205 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 210 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 212 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 415 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 450 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 615 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 616 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 625 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 650 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 652 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 820 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 835 firmwareall versions
  • qualcomm sd 845 firmwareall versions

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (qualcomm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

    • MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845affected

Same product

qualcomm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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  • CVE-2019-10509Device record of the pairing device used after free during ACL disconnection in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2019-2259Resource allocation error while playing the video whose dimensions are more than supported dimension in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute,
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2019-2255An unprivileged user can craft a bitstream such that the payload encoded in the bitstream gains code execution in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdrago
    39Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-416 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

c
free(dev->buf);/* ... another thread is still running ... */process(dev->buf);

Fixed

c
lock(&dev->lock);free(dev->buf);dev->buf = NULL;unlock(&dev->lock);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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