CVE-2018-9466 (GCVE-0-2018-9466)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-11-19 22:21
Modified
2025-11-03 21:44
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Android Version: 7
Version: 8
Version: 8.1
Version: nyc-mr1-dev
Version: nyc-mr2-dev
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