{"id":"CVE-2018-9466","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-9466","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:05:14.876Z","title":"This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in an unprivileged app with no additional execution privileges needed.","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.","published":"2024-11-19T23:15:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:06:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@android.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.00309,"percentile":0.23604,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9466","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}