CVE-2014-9894

low-risk

Published 2016-08-06

drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices does not ensure that certain name strings end in a '\0' character, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749708 and Qualcomm internal bug CR545736.

Do I need to act?

0.09% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Android

Affected Vendors

Google

References (6)

Vendor Advisory http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222

Issue Tracking https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=83214431cd02674...

Vendor Advisory http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222

Issue Tracking https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=83214431cd02674...

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal