CVE-2014-9789

CVE-2014-9789 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Qualcomm audio components of Android, specifically affecting Nexus 5 devices before the 2016-07-05 security update. The flaw resides in the alloc and free APIs, which fail to validate parameters, allowing a crafted application to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (e.g., installing a malicious app) to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.