What is CVE-2014-9798?

CVE-2014-9798 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2014-9798?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2014-9798

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.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9798?: CVE-2014-9798 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2014-9798?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.