CVE-2014-9901

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Published Aug 5, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices makes incorrect snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via crafted frames, aka Android internal bug 28670333 and Qualcomm internal bug CR548711.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-9706	The Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices makes incorrect snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via crafted frames, aka Android internal bug 28670333 and Qualcomm internal bug CR548711.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.881% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92247
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/commit/?id=637f0f7931dd7265ac1c250dc2884d6389c66bde

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

Weaknesses

CWE-284

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 2:02 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: google_android
Published: Aug 5, 2016, 8:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 2:02 PM
Reserved: Jun 24, 2016, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:19 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 5, 2016, 8:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:19 AM

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