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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-9511

This could lead to local denial of service of IPsec on sockets with no additional execution privileges needed.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.22%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In ipSecSetEncapSocketOwner of XfrmController.cpp, there is a possible failure to initialize a security feature due to uninitialized data. This could lead to local denial of service of IPsec on sockets with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android Versions: Android-9.0 Android ID: A-111650288

CVSS 3.0
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.22% probability · 12th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-909
Affected
google/android
Source
security@android.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.22%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.