# CVE-2018-9350: Denial of service in Android

> An out-of-bounds read in the Android H.264 decoder allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted media files.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 29 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r756-r5qv-286x

## What is CVE-2018-9350?

CVE-2018-9350 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 27 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In ih264d_assign_pic_num of ih264d_utils.c there is a possible out of bound read due to missing bounds check. This could lead to a denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9350?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Google Android.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-9350?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-9350 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-9350 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9350 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2024-32896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32896/): Android Pixel Privilege Escalation (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-9350 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-9350 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 27 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9350 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Google Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9350/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9350/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9350
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9350
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9350

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9350/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.