CVE-2014-9865 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can gain elevated privileges on Android devices via a crafted application exploiting improper input validation in the Qualcomm QSEECom driver.
- 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-2014-9865?
CVE-2014-9865 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Aug 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
drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not properly restrict user-space input, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28748271 and Qualcomm internal bug CR550013.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9865?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9865?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9865 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9865 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9865 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hhj8-mw4v-pgf3.