What is CVE-2014-9896?

CVE-2014-9896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2014-9896?

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

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2014-9896

drivers/char/adsprpc.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not properly validate parameters and return values, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28767593 and Qualcomm internal bug CR551795.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.005 (37.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Google Android
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

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-2014-9896?: CVE-2014-9896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2014-9896?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.