CVE-2014-9777 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Attackers can gain privileges via a crafted application due to missing buffer count validation in the Qualcomm video decoder component of Android.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-9777?

CVE-2014-9777 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Jul 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The vid_dec_set_meta_buffers function in drivers/video/msm/vidc/common/dec/vdec.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate the number of buffers, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28598501 and Qualcomm internal bug CR563654.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9777?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9777?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9777 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-2014-9777 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9777 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-fjcw-wx5g-3w8g.

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