CVE-2014-9868 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published 6 Aug 2016 Updated 6 Aug 2024

A malicious application can gain elevated privileges on Android devices by exploiting a flaw in the Qualcomm camera sensor 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-2014-9868?

CVE-2014-9868 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/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/sensor/csiphy/msm_csiphy.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via an application that provides a crafted mask value, aka Android internal bug 28749721 and Qualcomm internal bug CR511976.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9868?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9868?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9868 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-9868 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vc69-xvrv-53x2.