CVE-2018-9466: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Google Android: version 7.0 only; version 7.1.1 only; version 7.1.2 only; version 8.0 only; version 8.1 only

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