CVE-2014-9887 Privilege escalation in n/a
Attackers can gain privileges via a crafted application due to missing length validation in Qualcomm components 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-2014-9887?
CVE-2014-9887 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 validate certain length values, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28804057 and Qualcomm internal bug CR636633.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9887?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9887?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9887 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9887 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9887 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h377-88x8-5f85.