CVE-2018-9517

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 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: 2018-12-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

In pppol2tp_connect, there is possible memory corruption due to a use after free. 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-38159931.

Affected products

Android: all versions

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-09-01
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-2/
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-09-01
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-2/

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