CVE-2014-9792

high

Published 2016-07-11 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

7.8

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

CVSS v2

9.3

VIR risk

7.8

Description

arch/arm/mach-msm/ipc_router.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28769399 and Qualcomm internal bug CR550606.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=a3e3dd9fc0a2699ae053ffd3efb52cdc73ad94cd
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=a3e3dd9fc0a2699ae053ffd3efb52cdc73ad94cd

CWEs

CWE-189

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.