CVE-2014-9980 Memory corruption in All Qualcomm products

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A missing length check in a Qualcomm Android sample app allows attackers to access secure memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-9980?

CVE-2014-9980 is a critical memory corruption 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, a Sample App failed to check a length potentially leading to unauthorized access to secure memory.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9980?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9980?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-9980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fpr3-x698-3rrr.

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