CVE-2018-9338: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In ResStringPool::setTo of ResourceTypes.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

• Google Android: version 6.0 only; version 6.0.1 only; version 7.0 only; version 7.1.1 only; version 7.1.2 only; version 8.0 only; …

Published 2024-11-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.