CVE-2014-9888 Information

Description

arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13 on ARM platforms as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not prevent executable DMA mappings which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application aka Android internal bug 28803642 and Qualcomm internal bug CR642735.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ea1ec713f04bdfac343c9702b21cd3a7c711826 http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92219 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ea1ec713f04bdfac343c9702b21cd3a7c711826 https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=f044936caab337a4384fbfe64a4cbae33c7e22a1

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8