What is CVE-2014-9871?

CVE-2014-9871 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 2016-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2014-9871?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2014-9871

Multiple buffer overflows in drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/isp/msm_isp_util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749803 and Qualcomm internal bug CR514717.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (43.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Google Android
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
security@android.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9871?: CVE-2014-9871 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 2016-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2014-9871?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.