CVE-2014-9783 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Qualcomm camera driver (msm_cci.c) within Android, specifically affecting Nexus 7 (2013) devices before the 2016-07-05 security update. An attacker could exploit this by using a crafted application to bypass value validation, leading to elevated privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant risk. It requires local access and user interaction (installing a malicious app), but if successful, it grants high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE. It is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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