CVE-2014-9796 Information

Description

app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate the page size in the kernel header which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted boot image aka Android internal bug 28820722 and Qualcomm internal bug CR684756.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628 https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=2e21b3a57cac7fb876bcf43244d7cc3dc1f6030d

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8