CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-9780

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In Qualcomm components in Android before July 5, 2016, on Nexus 5, 5X, and 6P devices, the start and length values are not validated in mdp3_ctrl.c, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update devices to the latest version of Android to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

drivers/video/msm/mdss/mdp3_ctrl.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, and 6P devices does not validate start and length values, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28602014 and Qualcomm internal bug CR542222.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS