Race Condition Vulnerability in QTEECOM Driver Leads to Use After Free in Android Releases

CVE-2018-5849 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Due to a race condition in the QTEECOM driver in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel, when more than one HLOS client loads the same TA, a Use After Free condition can occur.

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