CVE-2014-9798
MEDIUMAndroid < 6.0.1 - Denial of Service via Qualcomm Bootloader Tag Address Mismatch
Title source: llmDescription
platform/msm_shared/dev_tree.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not check the relationship between tags addresses and aboot addresses, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (OS outage) via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28821448 and Qualcomm internal bug CR681965.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=b05eed2491a098bf627ac485a5b43d2f4fae2484
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0037
EPSS Percentile
28.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-284
Status
published
Products (1)
google/android
< 6.0.1
Published
Jul 11, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026