CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-9798

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2016-07-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-07-11
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-284

Description

platform/msm_shared/dev_tree.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not check the relationship between tags addresses and aboot addresses, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (OS outage) via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28821448 and Qualcomm internal bug CR681965.

Affected configurations

• google android (<= 6.0.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References