ubuntu · CVE-2014-9789

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Priority: medium Published: 2016-07-11 01:59:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 21:30:00 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2014-9789 medium priority: Ubuntu including 27 source packages (linux, linux-armadaxp, …), 185 status rows across 7 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 121, not-affected 39, ignored 15, needs-triage 10.

Description:

The (1) alloc and (2) free APIs in arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/msm_audio_ion.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices do not validate parameters, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749392 and Qualcomm internal bug CR556425.

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