CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-9879

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The mdss mdp3 driver in Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not validate user-space data, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system, potentially leading to unauthorized access to device data and resources.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to a version after 2016-08-05 to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor applications installed on Nexus 5 devices.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The mdss mdp3 driver in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not validate user-space data, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28769221 and Qualcomm internal bug CR524490.

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