What is CVE-2018-9472?

CVE-2018-9472 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-9472?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2018-9472

In xmlMemStrdupLoc of xmlmemory.c, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote code execution in an unprivileged process with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2024-11-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 15.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 7.0, 8.0, 7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9472?: CVE-2018-9472 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-9472?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.