CVE-2014-9877 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

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.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v9x6-qc8v-pw93.

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