CVE-2014-9890 Integer overflow in n/a
A local attacker can escalate privileges on Android devices by exploiting an off-by-one error in the camera sensor driver via a crafted application.
- 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-2014-9890?
CVE-2014-9890 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
Off-by-one error in drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/sensor/cci/msm_cci.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that sends an I2C command, aka Android internal bug 28770207 and Qualcomm internal bug CR529177.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9890?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9890?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9890 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9890 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9890 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p924-xfmv-pc2h.