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CVE-2014-9891 Detail

Description

drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not validate certain buffer addresses, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 28749283 and Qualcomm internal bug CR550061.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92219
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=c10f03f191307f7114af89933f2d91b830150094 Issue Tracking  Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-9891
NVD Published Date:
08/06/2016
NVD Last Modified:
11/28/2016
Source:
Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance)