CVE-2014-9864
HighSummary
In Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, ioctl calls are not validated, 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 the Android system to a version after 2016-08-05 and to monitor applications installed on devices.
Other vulnerabilities in drivers/misc/qseecom.c
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- CVE-2014-9884High
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- CVE-2014-9865High
The Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices do not properly restrict user-space input, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.
- CVE-2014-9787High
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- CVE-2014-9785High
The Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices do not validate addresses before copying data, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.
Original NVD description (English source)
drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate ioctl calls, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28747998 and Qualcomm internal bug CR561841.