CVE-2014-9789

Description

The (1) alloc and (2) free APIs in arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/msm_audio_ion.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices do not validate parameters, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749392 and Qualcomm internal bug CR556425.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
Vendor Advisory android.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628 vdb entry third party advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html vendor advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=5720ed5c3a786e3ba0a2428ac45da5d7ec996b4e mailing list third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9789?
CVE-2014-9789 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9789?
To fix CVE-2014-9789, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-9789 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-9789 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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