PT-2016-2627 · Google · Nexus 7+2

Published 2016-08-06 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2014-9877

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 mishandling of a user-space pointer in the msm actuator.c file, part of the Qualcomm components in Android. This allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application. The estimated number of potentially affected devices is not specified, but it is known to affect Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-08-05, update 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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-19

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02019

CVE-2014-9877

Affected Products

Android

Nexus 5

Nexus 7

References · 8

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9877 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9877 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=f0c0112a6189747a3f24f20210157f9974477e03 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9877 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02019 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9877 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92219 · Note