CVE-2018-9433
Published: 19 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2018-9433 is a high-severity Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output (CWE-116) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 20.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2018-21027
Vulnerability details
In ArrayConcatVisitor of builtins-array.cc, there is a possible type confusion due to improper input validation. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validating that output matches expected content directly mitigates failures to properly encode or escape data for its destination context.