What is CVE-2018-14066?

CVE-2018-14066 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-15.

How severe is CVE-2018-14066?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Google Android

CVE-2018-14066

The content://wappush content provider in com.android.provider.telephony, as found in some custom ROMs for Android phones, allows SQL injection. One consequence is that an application without the READ_SMS permission can read SMS messages. This affects Infinix X571 phones, as well as various Lenovo phones (such as the A7020) that have since been fixed by Lenovo.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2018-07-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

hacked0x90.wordpress.com/2018/07/12/lenovo-infinix-sql-injection-to-mobile-sms-… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14066?: CVE-2018-14066 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2018-14066?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.