CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Qualcomm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, disabling asserts can potentially cause a NULL pointer dereference during an out-of-memory condition.
The bug was discovered 07/01/2017. The weakness was shared 08/18/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-9972 since 05/30/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/08/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 48 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
The entries 83180, 101214, 103224 and 103225 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
05/30/2017 🔍07/01/2017 🔍
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11/08/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2014-9972 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 103671 - Google Android Multiple Qualcomm Components Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 08/19/2017 08:31Updated: 11/08/2019 13:13
Changes: 08/19/2017 08:31 (61), 11/08/2019 13:13 (4)
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