CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-9793

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices, there is a bug in handling the power-on write-protect feature, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation, posing a serious threat to the security of devices and user data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor applications installed on devices.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

platform/msm_shared/mmc.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices mishandles the power-on write-protect feature, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28821253 and Qualcomm internal bug CR580567.

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