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CVE-2014-9895 Details

Description

drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28750150 and Qualcomm internal bug CR570757, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1739.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac871717987	CVE	Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac871717987	CVE	Issue TrackingPatch
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=cc4b26575602e492efd986e9a6ffc4278cee53b5	CVE	Issue TrackingPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac871717987	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac871717987	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatch
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=cc4b26575602e492efd986e9a6ffc4278cee53b5	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222	[email protected]

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
google android	<= 6.0.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:google:android:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
linux linux kernel	<= 3.10.102
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 11, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 10, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]