What is CVE-2018-5839?

CVE-2018-5839 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2019-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-5839?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Qualcomm Mdm9150

CVE-2018-5839

Improperly configured memory protection allows read/write access to modem image from HLOS kernel in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile in versions MDM9150, MDM9615, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8996AU, QCS605, SD 636, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM630, SDM660, SDX20, SXR1130.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2019-02-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 9.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/106845 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5839?: CVE-2018-5839 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9150, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2019-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-5839?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.