What is CVE-2018-9370?

CVE-2018-9370 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-11-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-9370?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2018-9370

In download.c there is a special mode allowing user to download data into memory and causing possible memory corruptions due to missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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 (0.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 0th percentile — 0.4% 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-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9370?: CVE-2018-9370 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-9370?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.