What is CVE-2014-9795?

CVE-2014-9795 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-189. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2014-9795?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2014-9795

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.

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 (45.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.7% 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-189

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9795?: CVE-2014-9795 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-189. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2014-9795?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.