What is CVE-2014-9874?

CVE-2014-9874 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-2014-9874?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2014-9874

Buffer overflow in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6P, and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/audio_utils.c and sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c, aka Android internal bug 28751152 and Qualcomm internal bug CR563086.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (38.8th 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 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9874?: CVE-2014-9874 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-2014-9874?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.