CVE-2018-9516

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-11-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

In hid_debug_events_read of drivers/hid/hid-debug.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android Versions: Android kernel Android ID: A-71361580.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
Android: all versions

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-09-01
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html

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