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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2014-9972

High
9.8/10

Summary

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, disabling asserts can potentially cause a NULL pointer dereference during an out-of-memory condition.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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  • Published