CVE-2014-9870

high
Published 2016-08-06 · 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

The Linux kernel before 3.11 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly consider user-space access to the TPIDRURW register, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749743 and Qualcomm internal bug CR561044.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9870

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=4f57652fcd2dce7741f1ac6dc0417e2f265cd1de

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a4780adeefd042482f624f5e0d577bf9cdcbb760

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4780adeefd042482f624f5e0d577bf9cdcbb760

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.11.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.11.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.11.5-1
debian debiansidfixed3.11.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.11.5-1
linux linux-kernelaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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