What is CVE-2018-9447?

CVE-2018-9447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-01-17.

How severe is CVE-2018-9447?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Google Android

CVE-2018-9447

In onCreate of EmergencyCallbackModeExitDialog.java, there is a possible way to crash the emergency callback mode due to a missing null check. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.001 (0.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 8.0, 6.0.1, Android Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

security@android.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9447?: CVE-2018-9447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-9447?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.