CVE-2018-9447 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Google Android

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Google Android
Timeline
PublishedJan 17
Latest updateJan 18

Description

In onCreate of EmergencyCallbackModeExitDialog.java, there is a possible way to crash the emergency callback mode due to a missing null check. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5google/androidAndroid Kernel
▶NVDgoogle/android4 versions+3

Patches

Patch: source.android.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-g5wq-3r27-v2x7: In onCreate of EmergencyCallbackModeExitDialog↗2025-01-18
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CVEList
CVE-2018-9447: In onCreate of EmergencyCallbackModeExitDialog↗2025-01-17
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Parallels Remote Application Server 15.5 - Path Traversal↗2018-02-22
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