CVE-2014-9885

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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=a1d5a4cbd5aa8656bc23b40c7cc43941e10f89c3	Issue Tracking Patch
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92219

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-08-06 03:59

Updated : 2016-11-28 11:15

NVD link : CVE-2014-9885

Mitre link : CVE-2014-9885

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

google

android

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