CVE-2014-9795
Description
app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted start and size values, aka Android internal bug 28820720 and Qualcomm internal bug CR681957, a related issue to CVE-2014-4325.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=ce2a0ea1f14298abc83729f3a095adab43342342
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=fc3b31f81a1c128c2bcc745564a075022cd72a2e
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=ce2a0ea1f14298abc83729f3a095adab43342342
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=fc3b31f81a1c128c2bcc745564a075022cd72a2e
CWEs
CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.