CVE-2014-9778

high

Description

The vid_dec_set_h264_mv_buffers function in drivers/video/msm/vidc/common/dec/vdec.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate the number of buffers, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28598515 and Qualcomm internal bug CR563694.

References

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=af85054aa6a1bcd38be2354921f2f80aef1440e5

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-07-11

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0007