# CVE-2014-0972: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can exploit the kgsl graphics driver to write to arbitrary memory, leading to privilege escalation and code execution.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-82p5-w4jh-vwvq

## What is CVE-2014-0972?

CVE-2014-0972 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Aug 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The kgsl graphics driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not properly prevent write access to IOMMU context registers, which allows local users to select a custom page table, and consequently write to arbitrary memory locations, by using a crafted GPU command stream to modify the contents of a certain register.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0972?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Codeaurora Android-Msm.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0972?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-0972 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0972 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2013-2597](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2597/): Code Aurora ACDB Audio Driver Stack-based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-4736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4736/): Integer overflow in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2013-2595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2595/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2013-4738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4738/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2013-6123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6123/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0972 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0972 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Aug 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0972 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0972/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0972/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0972
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0972
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0972

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0972/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.