CVE-2017-18281
A bool variable in Video function, which gets typecasted to int before being read could result in...
A bool variable in Video function, which gets typecasted to int before being read could result in an out of bound read access in all Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A bool variable in Video function, which gets typecasted to int before being read could result in an out of bound read access in all Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel
- Record
CVE-2017-18281- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A bool variable in Video function, which gets typecasted to int before being read could result in an out of bound read access in all Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel
- Record
CVE-2017-18281- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9408 No score
A bool variable in Video function, which gets typecasted to int before being read could result in an out of bound read access in all Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel
- Record
EUVD-2017-9408- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-frr9-xqj8-qrw9
A bool variable in Video function, which gets typecasted to int before being read could result in...
A bool variable in Video function, which gets typecasted to int before being read could result in an out of bound read access in all Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel
- Record
GHSA-frr9-xqj8-qrw9- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-18281 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Google Android, published October 29, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.