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CVE-2018-11281

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11281 is a Use-After-Free vulnerability affecting Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel. It occurs when the IPA_IOC_MDFY_RT_RULE IOCTL is called for header entries that have been previously deleted, leading to a system crash or potential arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited locally with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
9.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

googlepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/pixel/2018-09-01
PatchVendor Advisory
source.codeaurora.org / quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit
PatchThird Party Advisory
source.codeaurora.org / quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit
PatchThird Party Advisory
codeaurora.org / security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
PatchThird Party Advisory