CVE-2014-9895

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Linux
Status
Linux Kernel
Android
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 August 2016

Summary

drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28750150 and Qualcomm internal bug CR570757, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1739.

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linu...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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