CVE-2014-0974 (GCVE-0-2014-0974)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-08-25 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:34
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2014-07-23 00:00
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