CVE-2014-9803
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.15-rc5-next-20140519, as used in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices, mishandles execute-only pages, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.15-rc5-next-20140519, as used in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices, mishandles execute-only pages, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28557020.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.64% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-19
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5a0fdfada3a2aa50d7b947a2e958bf00cbe0d830
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5a0fdfada3a2aa50d7b947a2e958bf00cbe0d830
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/next/patch-v3.15-rc5-next-20140519.xzPatch
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5a0fdfada3a2aa50d7b947a2e958bf00cbe0d830
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5a0fdfada3a2aa50d7b947a2e958bf00cbe0d830
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/next/patch-v3.15-rc5-next-20140519.xzPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.