CVE-2018-9433 Memory corruption in Android

What is CVE-2018-9433?

CVE-2018-9433 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 19 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-116

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9433?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2018-9433?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-9433 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-2018-9433 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9433 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-284g-pxp5-92cp.