What is CVE-2018-3590?

CVE-2018-3590 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-3590?

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

Is CVE-2018-3590 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Qualcomm Msm8909w

CVE-2018-3590

In Android before security patch level 2018-04-05 on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, a Use After Free condition can occur in RIL while handling requests from Android.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2018-04-11 · 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: 0.012 (66.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3590?: CVE-2018-3590 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-3590?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-3590 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.