CVE-2018-9371 Memory corruption in Android
Local attackers with physical access can exploit out-of-bounds memory access in the Mediatek Preloader to elevate privileges on Android devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-9371?
CVE-2018-9371 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 19 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Mediatek Preloader, there are out of bounds reads and writes due to an exposed interface that allows arbitrary peripheral memory mapping with insufficient blacklisting/whitelisting. This could lead to local elevation of privilege, given physical access to the device with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9371?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2018-9371?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-9371 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-9371 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9371 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9wgr-rjc3-37wx.