CVE-2014-9894 Information disclosure in n/a
A missing null terminator in Qualcomm drivers allows attackers to read sensitive memory 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-2014-9894?
CVE-2014-9894 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/misc/qseecom.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices does not ensure that certain name strings end in a '\0' character, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749708 and Qualcomm internal bug CR545736.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9894?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9894?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9894 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9894 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9894 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vf4f-hpcg-r648.