What is CVE-2014-9777?

CVE-2014-9777 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2014-9777?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2014-9777

The vid_dec_set_meta_buffers function in drivers/video/msm/vidc/common/dec/vdec.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate the number of buffers, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28598501 and Qualcomm internal bug CR563654.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-07-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628 (vdb-entry)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9777?: CVE-2014-9777 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2014-9777?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.