CVE-2014-9895
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 3.11 and Android < 6.0.1 - Information Exposure via Uninitialized Data Structures
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac871717987
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac871717987
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=cc4b26575602e492efd986e9a6ffc4278cee53b5
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0072
EPSS Percentile
49.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (2)
google/android
< 6.0.1
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.10.102
Published
Aug 06, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026