CVE-2014-9877 Privilege escalation in n/a
A mishandled user-space pointer in the Qualcomm camera actuator driver allows 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-2014-9877?
CVE-2014-9877 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/actuator/msm_actuator.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices mishandles a user-space pointer, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28768281 and Qualcomm internal bug CR547231.
Weakness: CWE-19
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9877?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9877?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9877 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9877 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9877 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v9x6-qc8v-pw93.