CVE-2018-5871: Qualcomm MDM9206 Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Snapdragon (Automobile, Mobile, Wear) in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, QCA6574AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, SDA660, SDM429, SDM439, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM710, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, MAC address randomization performed during probe requests (for privacy reasons) is not done properly due to a flawed RNG which produces repeating output much earlier than expected.

Affected products

  • Qualcomm MDM9206 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm MDM9607 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm MDM9640 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm MDM9650 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm MSM8996AU Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm QCA6574AU Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD205 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD210 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD212 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD415 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD425 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD427 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD430 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD435 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD450 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD615 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD616 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD650 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD652 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD820A Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD835 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD845 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SD850 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SDA660 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Qualcomm SDM429 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • and 6 more

Published 2018-09-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.