CVE-2014-9879 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the mdss mdp3 driver within Qualcomm components on Nexus 5 devices running Android before the 2016-08-05 update. This flaw allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges through a crafted application due to insufficient validation of user-space data. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| 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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