A vulnerability was found in Google Android on Nexus 5/Nexus 7 2013 (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Qualcomm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 08/01/2016 as Android Security Bulletin - August 2016 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-9887 since 06/24/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading 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 92219†). See VDB-90455, VDB-90456, VDB-90457 and VDB-90458 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Android

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