CVE-2014-9871 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Buffer overflows in Qualcomm camera drivers allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application on Android devices.

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-2014-9871?

CVE-2014-9871 is a high-severity memory corruption 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

Multiple buffer overflows in drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/isp/msm_isp_util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749803 and Qualcomm internal bug CR514717.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9871?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9871?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9871 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-2014-9871 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9871 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-mvhh-qc36-2778.

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