CVE-2018-9466

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-11-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

Android: 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1

References

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

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