CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-9799
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-07-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The makefile in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices omits the -fno-strict-overflow option to gcc, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages incorrect compiler optimization of an integer-overflow protection mechanism, aka Android internal bug 28821731 and Qualcomm internal bug CR691916.
Affected configurations
• google android (<= 6.0.1)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628 www.securityfocus.com
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=c2119f1fba46f3b6e153aa018f15ee46fe6d5b76 source.codeaurora.org
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628 www.securityfocus.com
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=c2119f1fba46f3b6e153aa018f15ee46fe6d5b76 source.codeaurora.org