CVE-2014-9895 — MEDIUM (5.5)

Q: How severe is CVE-2014-9895?

CVE-2014-9895 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2014-9895?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Google Android, Linux Linux Kernel.

Vulnerability Description

drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28750150 and Qualcomm internal bug CR570757, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1739.

CVSS Score

5.5

MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

NONE

Availability

NONE

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google	Android	<= 6.0.1
Linux	Linux Kernel	<= 3.10.102

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c88e73Issue TrackingPatch
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac87171798Issue TrackingPatch
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=cc4b26575602e492efd9Issue TrackingPatch
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c88e73Issue TrackingPatch
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac87171798Issue TrackingPatch
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=cc4b26575602e492efd9Issue TrackingPatch

FAQ

What is CVE-2014-9895?

CVE-2014-9895 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows l...

How severe is CVE-2014-9895?

CVE-2014-9895 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2014-9895?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Google Android, Linux Linux Kernel.