Android XML Parsing Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
CVE-2018-9466 Published on November 19, 2024
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2018-9466 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2018-9466 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2018-9466
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Affected Versions
Google Android:- Version 7 is affected.
- Version 8 is affected.
- Version 8.1 is affected.
- Version nyc-mr1-dev is affected.
- Version nyc-mr2-dev is affected.
- Version 7.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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