A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Android on Nexus 5/Nexus 7 2013 (Smartphone Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the file drivers/char/diag/diag_debugfs.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in drivers/char/diag/diag_debugfs.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28442449 and Qualcomm internal bug CR585147.

The weakness was published 07/06/2016 as Android Security Bulletin - July 2016 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-9784 since 05/31/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/01/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

Upgrading to version 2016-07-05 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 91628†). Similar entries are available at VDB-88897, VDB-88898, VDB-88899 and VDB-88900. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Google

Name

• Android

Version

• 0.c
• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.c
• 2.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.3
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.3.5
• 2.3.6
• 2.3.7
• 2.37
• 2.c
• 2.java
• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4
• 3.2.5
• 3.2.6
• 3.8
• 3.10
• 3.15-rc5-next-20140519
• 3.18
• 4.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.1
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.2
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.3
• 4.3.1
• 4.4
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.1_r1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4
• 4.9
• 4.14 LTS
• 4.cpp
• 5
• 5.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.1
• 5.1.0
• 5.1.1
• 5.1.1 LMY48X
• 5.1.1 LMY48Z
• 5.1.1 LMY49F
• 5.2
• 6
• 6.0
• 6.0 2015-10-01
• 6.0 2015-10-01
• 6.0 2015-11-01
• 6.0 2015-12-01
• 6.0 2015-1201
• 6.0 2016-01-01
• 6.0 2016-06-01
• 6.0 2016-07-01
• 6.0 Security Patch Level 11-01-2015
• 6.0.1
• 6.1
• 6.cpp
• 6.x 2016-06-01
• 6.x 2016-07-01
• 6.x 2016-07-05
• 7
• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 8
• 8.0
• 8.1
• 8.1.0
• 9
• 9.0
• 10
• 10.0
• 11
• 11.0
• 12
• 12.0
• 12L
• 13
• 13.0
• 14
• 15
• 18.0.1
• 101.c
• 1012
• 2013-01-16
• 2013-07-07
• 2016-06-01

License

• free

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