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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Android. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component QTEE Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2014-9978. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component QTEE Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overflow vulnerability exists in a QTEE service.

The bug was discovered 07/01/2017. The weakness was published 08/18/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at source.android.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-9978 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (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 $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 99467†). Similar entries are available at VDB-101214, VDB-103224, VDB-103225 and VDB-103226. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Google

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• Android

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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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