UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9895
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
Upstream
Published: 06 Aug 2016, 10:59
Last modified:16 Jul 2025, 08:11
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100 CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
06 Aug 2016, 10:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Jul 2025, 08:11
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
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.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux
< 3.11.0-12.19 | < 4.2.0-16.19
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1002.2 | < 4.4.0-1001.10
- ubuntu•linux-gke
< 4.4.0-1003.3
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic
< 3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2
- ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid
< 3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-wily
< 4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.2.0-1013.19
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1012.12
References (6)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9895
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac871717987
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac871717987
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=cc4b26575602e492efd986e9a6ffc4278cee53b5
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9895