Qualcomm Chip Flaw Leaves 900m Android Devices Open to Attack

Four vulnerabilities found in Qualcomm chips used in 900 million Android devices leave affected phones and tablets open to attacks that could give hackers complete system control. Researchers at Check Point who found the flaw are calling the vulnerability Quadrooter and say that a patch isn’t...

Warning! Over 900 Million Android Phones Vulnerable to New 'QuadRooter' Attack

Android has Fallen! Yet another set of Android security vulnerabilities has been discovered in Qualcomm chipsets that affect more than 900 Million Android smartphones and tablets worldwide. What's even worse: Most of those affected Android devices will probably never be patched. Dubbed...

CVE-2015-8944

The ioresourcesinit function in kernel/resource.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 and 7 2013 devices, uses weak permissions for /proc/iomem, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Android internal bug...

CVE-2015-8943

drivers/video/msm/mdss/mdssmdputil.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not verify that a mapping exists before proceeding with an unmap operation, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28815158 a...

CVE-2015-8942

drivers/media/platform/msm/camerav2/pproc/cpp/msmcpp.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices does not validate the stream state, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28814652 and Qualcomm internal bug...

CVE-2015-8941

drivers/media/platform/msm/camerav2/isp/msmispaxiutil.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 and 7 2013 devices does not properly validate array indexes, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28814502 and Qualco...

CVE-2015-8940

Integer overflow in sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6lsm.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28813987 and Qualcomm internal bug CR792367...

CVE-2015-8939

drivers/video/msm/mdp4util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 2013 devices does not validate r stages, g stages, or b stages data, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28398884 and Qualcomm internal bug...

CVE-2015-8938

The MSM camera driver in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices does not validate input parameters, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28804030 and Qualcomm internal bug CR766022...

CVE-2015-8937

drivers/char/diag/diagcharcore.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 6, and 7 2013 devices mishandles a socket process, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28803962 and Qualcomm internal bug CR770548...

CVE-2014-9899

drivers/usb/host/ehci-msm2.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices omits certain minimum calculations before copying data, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28803909 and Qualcomm internal...

CVE-2014-9897

sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/msm-lsm-client.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not validate certain user-space data, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28769856 and Qualcomm internal bu...

CVE-2014-9896

drivers/char/adsprpc.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 2013 devices does not properly validate parameters and return values, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28767593 and Qualcomm...

CVE-2014-9895

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...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9895

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...

CVE-2014-9893

drivers/video/msm/mdss/mdssmdppp.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not properly determine the size of Gamut LUT data, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28747914 and Qualcomm...

CVE-2014-9892

The sndcomprtstamp function in sound/core/compressoffload.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 2013 devices, does not properly initialize a timestamp data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted applicatio...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9892

The sndcomprtstamp function in sound/core/compressoffload.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 2013 devices, does not properly initialize a timestamp data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted applicatio...

CVE-2014-9891

drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not validate certain buffer addresses, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 28749283 and Qualcomm internal bug...

CVE-2014-9890

Off-by-one error in drivers/media/platform/msm/camerav2/sensor/cci/msmcci.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 2013 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that sends an I2C command, aka Android internal bug 28770207 and Qualcomm...