CVE-2014-9972

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 may experience an issue with disabling asserts, potentially leading to a NULL pointer dereference during an out-of-memory condition.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may encounter serious stability issues, which could lead to application or device crashes in critical situations.

Recommendation

It is recommended to avoid disabling asserts in Qualcomm products and to monitor memory status to prevent this issue.

Original NVD description (English source)

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, disabling asserts can potentially cause a NULL pointer dereference during an out-of-memory condition.