CVE-2014-9410 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9410?

CVE-2014-9410 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Aug 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The vfe31_proc_general function in drivers/media/video/msm/vfe/msm_vfe31.c in the MSM-VFE31 driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not validate a certain id value, which allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an application that makes a crafted ioctl call.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9410?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9410?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9410 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-9410 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9410 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q7m9-68h7-jxfh.