What is CVE-2018-9416?

CVE-2018-9416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-9416?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2018-9416

In sg_remove_scat of scsi/sg.c, there is a possible memory corruption due to an unusual root cause. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (5.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 5th percentile — 5.0% 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)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-07-01 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9416?: CVE-2018-9416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-9416?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.