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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2018-9385 json

In driver_override_store of bus.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check.

published 2018-11-06 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20979

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In driver_override_store of bus.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. 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-74128061 References: Upstream kernel.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.16.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9385

  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-128.154
  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-33.36
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-1023.23
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1061.70
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1020.20
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1018.19~16.04.2
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1018.19
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-33.36~16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9385

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-syms SLES 12 SP2-BCL, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 +2 more 4.4.121-92.92.1
  • kernel-source SLES 12 SP2-BCL, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 +2 more 4.4.121-92.92.1
  • lttng-modules SLES 12 SP2-BCL, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 +2 more 2.7.1-9.4.1
  • kernel-default SLES 12 SP2-BCL, SLE High Availability Extension 12 SP2, OpenStack Cloud 7 +3 more 4.4.121-92.92.1
  • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_24 SLES 12 SP2-BCL, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 +2 more 1-3.7.1
  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 4.12.14-5.8.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 4.12.14-5.8.1
  • kernel-source-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 4.12.14-5.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:2344-2SUSE-SU-2018:2344-1SUSE-SU-2018:2222-1SUSE-SU-2018:2150-1SUSE-SU-2018:2092-1SUSE-SU-2018:2051-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-9385 updated cvss 5.3

kernel: Out-of-bounds write due to incorrect bounds check in drivers/amba/bus.c:driver_override_store()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, kernel-alt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Google Inc. Android

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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