CVE-2014-9798

MEDIUM

Qualcomm Bootloader - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-284
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

google/android < 6.0.1

Timeline

Published Jul 11, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026