CVE-2014-9789

High

Published: 11/07/2016(UTC)Translated: 15/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

The alloc and free APIs in arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/msm_audio_ion.c in Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices do not validate parameters, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to the system, posing a serious threat to user data security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to a version after 2016-07-05 to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor applications installed on devices.

Other vulnerabilities in arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/msm_audio_ion.c

CVE-2014-9779High
The Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices have a vulnerability that allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted offset.

Original NVD description (English source)

The (1) alloc and (2) free APIs in arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/msm_audio_ion.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices do not validate parameters, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749392 and Qualcomm internal bug CR556425.