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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2014-9884

High
7.8/10

Summary

drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate certain pointers, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28769920 and Qualcomm internal bug CR580740.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published