What is CVE-2014-9998?

CVE-2014-9998 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq4019, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2014-9998?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Qualcomm Ipq4019

CVE-2014-9998

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9650, QCA4531, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA6584, QCA6584AU, QCA9377, QCA9378, QCA9379, QCA9558, QCA9880, QCA9886, QCA9980, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 625, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, and SDX20, while processing firmware image signature, the internal buffer may overflow if the firmware signature size is large.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.011 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

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-2014-9998?: CVE-2014-9998 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq4019, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2014-9998?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.