Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android on Nexus 7 2013. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file drivers/misc/qseecom.c of the component Qualcomm. The manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-9787. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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A vulnerability was found in Google Android on Nexus 7 2013 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file drivers/misc/qseecom.c of the component Qualcomm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-189. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28571496 and Qualcomm internal bug CR545764.

The weakness was presented 07/06/2016 as Android Security Bulletin - July 2016 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-9787 since 05/31/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (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†). See VDB-88897, VDB-88898, VDB-88899 and VDB-88900 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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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