PT-2016-3531 · Google · Android

Published 2016-07-11 · Updated 2019-04-09 · CVE-2014-9789

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 The issue concerns the alloc and free APIs in the arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/msm audio ion.c file within the Qualcomm components. These APIs do not validate parameters, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-07-05, consider restricting access to the vulnerable APIs until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the affected alloc and free APIs in the /arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/msm audio ion.c file to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9789

Affected Products

Android

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9789 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9789 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9789 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9789 · Security Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=5720ed5c3a786e3ba0a2428ac45da5d7ec996b4e · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91628 · Note