What is CVE-2018-11949?

CVE-2018-11949 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-11949?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150

CVE-2018-11949

Failure to initialize the extra buffer can lead to an out of buffer access in WLAN function in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile in MDM9150, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, QCS605, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 625, SD 636, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SDA660, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, SDX24

Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)

Published 2019-05-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-665 — Improper Initialization

References

www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2019/04/01/april-2019-code-aurora-security… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11949?: CVE-2018-11949 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-11949?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.