Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-9795 - Numeric Errors vulnerability in Google Android
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628
- 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=ce2a0ea1f14298abc83729f3a095adab43342342
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=fc3b31f81a1c128c2bcc745564a075022cd72a2e
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=fc3b31f81a1c128c2bcc745564a075022cd72a2e