CVE-2014-9892 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9892?

CVE-2014-9892 is a medium-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

The snd_compr_tstamp function in sound/core/compress_offload.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly initialize a timestamp data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28770164 and Qualcomm internal bug CR568717.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9892?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Android, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9892?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2014-9892 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9892 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9892, GHSA-hxx2-qgpg-g3f5, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2014-9892, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2014-9892, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2014-9892.