PT-2016-2621 · Google · Android

Published 2016-08-06 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2014-9884

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 certain pointers in the drivers/misc/qseecom.c file 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 operating system to a version released after 2016-08-05 to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02013

CVE-2014-9884

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9884 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=f4948193c46f75e16d4382c4472485ab12b7bd17 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9884 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9884 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02013 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9884 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92219 · Note