CVE-2014-9873 describes an integer underflow vulnerability in the Qualcomm components of Android, specifically affecting Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices before the 2016-08-05 security update. This flaw, located in drivers/char/diag/diag_dci.c, allows attackers to gain privileges or access sensitive information through a specially crafted application. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.