What is CVE-2018-5870?

CVE-2018-5870 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Sd 835, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-11-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-5870?

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

Buffer overflow in Qualcomm Sd 835

CVE-2018-5870

While loading a service image, an untrusted pointer dereference can occur in Snapdragon Mobile in versions SD 835, SDA660, SDX24.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-11-28 · 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: 0.002 (13.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.9% 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

Qualcomm Sd 835
Qualcomm Sd 835 Firmware
Qualcomm Sda660
Qualcomm Sda660 Firmware
Qualcomm Sdx24
Qualcomm Sdx24 Firmware
Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Mobile — versions SD 835, SDA660, SDX24

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/105838 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5870?: CVE-2018-5870 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Sd 835, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-11-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-5870?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.