The vulnerability of the Android operating system, which allows a hacker to increase their privileges

The vulnerability of the drivers/char/diag/diagfwd.c file in Qualcomm’s Android operating system is related to improper handling of whole numbers. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor, operating remotely, to increase their privileges through a specially created application...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9876

drivers/char/diag/diagfwd.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6, 6P, and 7 2013 devices mishandles certain integer values, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28767796 and Qualcomm internal bug CR48340...