CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-9885

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2014-9885 describes a format string vulnerability in drivers/thermal/qpnp-adc-tm.c in Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices. This allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that provides format string specifiers in a name.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation, posing a serious threat to the security of devices and user data. Attackers could exploit this vulnerability to take control of the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to a version after 2016-08-05 to eliminate this vulnerability. Additionally, monitoring installed applications for potentially malicious software is advised.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Format string vulnerability in drivers/thermal/qpnp-adc-tm.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that provides format string specifiers in a name, aka Android internal bug 28769959 and Qualcomm internal bug CR562261.

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