What is CVE-2014-9800?

CVE-2014-9800 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-2014-9800?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2014-9800

Integer overflow in lib/heap/heap.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28822150 and Qualcomm internal bug CR692478.

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: 0.005 (43.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/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-2014-9800?: CVE-2014-9800 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-2014-9800?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.