What is CVE-2018-11828?

CVE-2018-11828 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Sd 205, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-10-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-11828?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Qualcomm Sd 205

CVE-2018-11828

When FW tries to get random mac address generated from new SW RNG and ADC values read are constant then DUT get struck in loop while trying to get random ADC samples in Snapdragon Mobile in version SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2018-10-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/107681 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11828?: CVE-2018-11828 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Sd 205, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-11828?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.