PT-2016-3528 · Google · Android

Published 2016-07-11 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2014-9786

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 2016-07-05

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists in the Qualcomm components, specifically in the drivers/media/platform/msm/camera v2/sensor/actuator/msm actuator.c file. This issue allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application. The estimated number of potentially affected devices and details about real-world incidents are not specified.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-07-05, update to a version released after 2016-07-05 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the affected camera components to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9786

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9786 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91628 · Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=2fb303d9c6ca080f253b10ed9384293ca69ad32b · Note