CVE-2014-9972 Null dereference in Snapdragon Mobile

What is CVE-2014-9972?

CVE-2014-9972 is a critical vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, disabling asserts can potentially cause a NULL pointer dereference during an out-of-memory condition.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9972?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9972?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-9972 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9972 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c68g-874g-p8wh.