VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-9798

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-07-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

platform/msm_shared/dev_tree.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not check the relationship between tags addresses and aboot addresses, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (OS outage) via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28821448 and Qualcomm internal bug CR681965.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control

Primary references