What is CVE-2018-9388?

CVE-2018-9388 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Integer Underflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-9388?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2018-9388

In store_upgrade and store_cmd of drivers/input/touchscreen/stm/ftm4_pdc.c, there are out of bound writes due to missing bounds checks or integer underflows. These could lead to escalation of privilege.

Published 2024-12-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (4.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 4.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9388?: CVE-2018-9388 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Integer Underflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-9388?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.