PT-2016-3532 · Google · Nexus 7+2

Published 2016-07-11 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2014-9790

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 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation for pointers used in read and write operations within the drivers/mmc/core/debugfs.c file of the Qualcomm components in Android. This allows attackers to potentially gain privileges by using a crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, update to a version released after 2016-07-05 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9790

Affected Products

Android

Nexus 5

Nexus 7

References · 5

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9790 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91628 · Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=6ed921bda8cbb505e8654dfc1095185b0bccc38e · Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit?id=9bc30c0d1832f7dd5b6fa10d5e48a29025176569 · Note