What is CVE-2018-12010?

CVE-2018-12010 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-12010?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2018-12010

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, Absence of length sanity check may lead to possible stack overflow resulting in memory corruption in trustzone region.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-02-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 2.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android
Qualcomm, Inc. Android For Msm, Firefox OS Qrd — versions All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2019/01/07/january-2019-code-aurora-securi… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12010?: CVE-2018-12010 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-12010?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.