CVE-2014-9796

app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate the page size in the kernel header, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted boot image, aka Android internal bug 28820722 and Qualcomm internal bug CR684756.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - security@android.com

Published

2016-07-11

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Android (Google)

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=2e21b3a57cac7fb876bcf43244d7cc3dc1f6030d