CVE-2018-9458

At a glance

Severity: Not available
EPSS: EPSS 0.57 % · percentile 47 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2018-11-06
Updated: 2024-09-17
Assigner: google_android
NVD status: Modified

Description

In computeFocusedWindow of RootWindowContainer.java, and related functions, there is possible interception of keypresses due to focus being on the wrong window. This could lead to local escalation of privilege revealing the user's keypresses while the screen was locked with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: Android Versions: Android-8.0 Android-8.1 Android ID: A-71786287.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.0	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1021

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-21052
GCVE · GCVE-0-2018-9458

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2018-AVI-372 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Google Android · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
Google Inc. · Android	affected Android-8.0 Android-8.1

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD