CVE-2014-9893 Information disclosure in n/a
A flaw in Qualcomm display drivers allows attackers to obtain sensitive information 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-2014-9893?
CVE-2014-9893 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
drivers/video/msm/mdss/mdss_mdp_pp.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not properly determine the size of Gamut LUT data, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28747914 and Qualcomm internal bug CR542223.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9893?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9893?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9893 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9893 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9893 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p49x-pxmq-3c5j.