Buffer Address Validation Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components on Nexus 5 Devices

CVE-2014-9891 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not validate certain buffer addresses, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 28749283 and Qualcomm internal bug CR550061.

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