CVE-2014-9985 is a critical vulnerability affecting Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile MDM9635M, SD 400, and SD 800 chipsets in Android devices before the 2018-04-05 security patch. It involves a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) condition that can bypass error checks, leading to undefined behavior. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this network-exploitable vulnerability requires no user interaction and can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9635m_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_400_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sd_800_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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