PT-2016-2641 · Google · Android

Published 2016-08-06 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2014-9863

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description The issue is caused by an integer underflow in the diag driver of the Qualcomm components in Android. This allows attackers to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information via a crafted application. The estimated number of potentially affected devices is not specified.

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 diag driver until a patch is available.

Fix

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02033

CVE-2014-9863

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=75eac48a48562f819f50eeff8369b296d89102d7 · Patch
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02033 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9863 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9863 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9863 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9863 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92219 · Note