CVE-2014-9895

low-risk
Published 2016-08-06

drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28750150 and Qualcomm internal bug CR570757, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1739.

Do I need to act?

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0.09% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Google Linux

References (10)

Issue Tracking http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c88e73...
Vendor Advisory http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222
Issue Tracking https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac87171798...
Issue Tracking https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=cc4b26575602e492efd9...
Issue Tracking http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c88e73...
Vendor Advisory http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222
Issue Tracking https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac87171798...
Issue Tracking https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=cc4b26575602e492efd9...
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low