What is CVE-2018-9369?

CVE-2018-9369 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-11-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-9369?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2018-9369

In bootloader there is fastboot command allowing user specified kernel command line arguments. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

Published 2024-11-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 0th percentile — 0.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions SoCVersion

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-06-01 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9369?: CVE-2018-9369 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-9369?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.