CVE-2014-9998 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting numerous Qualcomm Snapdragon processors in Android devices. This flaw occurs during firmware image signature processing when a large signature can cause an internal buffer to overflow. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9206_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9607_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq4019_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq8064_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9635m_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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