CVE-2018-9416

Local privilege escalation via SCSI memory corruption

Published Dec 4, 2024 · Updated Dec 5, 2024

Memory corruption in the SCSI driver in Google Android and Google Pixel before 2018-07-05 allows local users to escalate privileges. The sg_remove_scat function in scsi/sg.c corrupts memory, but Google has not published the specific erroneous operation or trigger. Exploitation requires existing System execution privileges and no user interaction; successful exploitation grants higher local privileges.

CVSS severity10.0
Critical
EPSS probability0.16%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Memory corruption in the SCSI driver in Google Android and Google Pixel before 2018-07-05 allows local users to escalate privileges. The sg_remove_scat function in scsi/sg.c corrupts memory, but Google has not published the specific erroneous operation or trigger. Exploitation requires existing System execution privileges and no user interaction; successful exploitation grants higher local privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2018-9416
Published
Dec 4, 2024
Updated
Dec 5, 2024
Vendor
Google
Product
Google Pixel
Classifications
CWE-787, T1404
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 4, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Dec 5, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <2018-07-05

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Google · Google Pixelversion=0 <2018-07-05
Google · Androidversion=0 <2018-07-05; version=Kernel

Published CVSS scores

6.7NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
10.0AndroidCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
T1404Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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