{"id":"CVE-2014-0974","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-0974","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:40.792Z","title":"The boot_linux_from_mmc function in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Little Kernel (LK) bootloader, as distributed with Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not properly validate a certain address…","description":"The boot_linux_from_mmc function in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Little Kernel (LK) bootloader, as distributed with Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not properly validate a certain address value, which allows attackers to write data to a controllable memory location by leveraging the ability to initiate an attempted boot of an arbitrary image.","published":"2014-08-25T01:55:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:03:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":1.9,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["little kernel project/little kernel bootloader"],"epss":{"score":0.00328,"percentile":0.25685,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/lk-insufficient-verification-tagaddr-when-loading-device-tree-cve-2014-0974","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/lk-insufficient-verification-tagaddr-when-loading-device-tree-cve-2014-0974","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0974","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}