CVE-2014-9971

Critical

Published: 18/08/2017(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

All Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel have an issue where disabling asserts causes an instruction inside of an assert to not be executed, resulting in incorrect control flow.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may encounter stability and security issues with applications, potentially leading to unexpected system behavior.

Recommendation

It is recommended to avoid disabling asserts in Qualcomm products and to monitor applications for incorrect behavior.

Original NVD description (English source)

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, disabling asserts causes an instruction inside of an assert to not be executed resulting in incorrect control flow.