VDB-105493 · CVE-2014-9981 · BID 103671

Google Android USB Interface memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Android and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component USB Interface. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-9981. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component USB Interface. 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. The summary by CVE is:

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an overflow check in the USB interface was insufficient during boot.

The bug was discovered 07/01/2017. The weakness was presented 08/18/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-9981 since 05/30/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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 $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 103671†). See VDB-83180, VDB-101214, VDB-103224 and VDB-103225 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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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
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Timelineinfo

05/30/2017 🔍
07/01/2017 +32 days 🔍
08/18/2017 +48 days 🔍
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08/19/2017 +1 days 🔍
04/05/2018 +229 days 🔍
11/08/2019 +582 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-9981 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-9981
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105493
SecurityFocus: 103671 - Google Android Multiple Qualcomm Components Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2017 08:36
Updated: 11/08/2019 14:14
Changes: 08/19/2017 08:36 (62), 11/08/2019 14:14 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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