A vulnerability was found in Google Android on Nexus 5/Nexus 7 2013 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file makefile of the component Qualcomm. The manipulation of the argument -fno-strict-overflow with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The makefile in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices omits the -fno-strict-overflow option to gcc, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages incorrect compiler optimization of an integer-overflow protection mechanism, aka Android internal bug 28821731 and Qualcomm internal bug CR691916.

The weakness was disclosed 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-2014-9799 since 05/31/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. 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.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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†). The entries VDB-88897, VDB-88898, VDB-88899 and VDB-88900 are pretty similar. 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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