CVE-2018-9580 is a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the HTC bootloader within the Android kernel. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain full control over the device with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 9.8. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness among researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.