CVE-2014-9777

HIGH

Android <2016-07-05 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The vid_dec_set_meta_buffers function in drivers/video/msm/vidc/common/dec/vdec.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate the number of buffers, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28598501 and Qualcomm internal bug CR563654.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0057
EPSS Percentile 43.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
google/android < 6.0.1
Published Jul 11, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026