CVE-2018-9517 Use after free in Android

What is CVE-2018-9517?

CVE-2018-9517 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 Dec 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In pppol2tp_connect, there is possible memory corruption due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-38159931.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9517?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2018-9517?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2018-9517 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9517 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9517, GHSA-26v4-wj6c-25pg, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9517.