VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-9466

This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in an unprivileged app with no additional execution privileges needed.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.31%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In the xmlSnprintfElementContent function of valid.c, there is a possible out of bounds write. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in an unprivileged app with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-787
Affected: google/android
Source: security@android.com

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.