What is CVE-2014-9986?

CVE-2014-9986 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2014-9986?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Qualcomm Msm8909w

CVE-2014-9986

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, and SD 820A, in playready_licacq_process_response(), 'cbResponse' value is controlled by HLOS, and there is no validation on this length. If 'cbResponse' is too large, memory overread occurs.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-04-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.008 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9986?: CVE-2014-9986 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2014-9986?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.