Uninitialized Data Structures Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2014-9895 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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