CVE-2014-9879 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2014-9879

The mdss mdp3 driver in the Qualcomm components in Android...

Vulnerability Description

The mdss mdp3 driver in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not validate user-space data, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28769221 and Qualcomm internal bug CR524490.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

android
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 6th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.