CVE-2014-9877 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Qualcomm camera driver (msm_actuator.c) within Android on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, affecting versions prior to 2016-08-05. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges through a crafted application due to mishandling of a user-space pointer. Exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) to install the malicious application. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| 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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