PT-2016-2612 · Google · Android

Published 2016-08-06 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2014-9894

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-08-05

Description The issue is related to the drivers/misc/qseecom.c file in the Qualcomm components of the Android operating system. It does not ensure that certain name strings end in a '0' character, allowing attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-08-05, update the operating system to a version released after 2016-08-05 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02004

CVE-2014-9894

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02004 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9894 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9894 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9894 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=83214431cd02674c70402b160b16b7427e28737f · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9894 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92222 · Note