PT-2016-2617 · Google · Android

Published 2016-08-06 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2014-9889

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to the lack of validation of CPP frame messages in the msm cpp.c file, part of the Qualcomm components in Android. This allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-08-05, update the system to a version released after 2016-08-05 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the affected camera component until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02009

CVE-2014-9889

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9889 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9889 · Security Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit?id=f4e2f2d4ef58c88340774099dff3324ec8baa24a · Patch
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9889 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02009 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9889 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92219 · Note