CVE-2014-9790 — drivers/mmc/core/debugfs.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate pointers used in read and write operations, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28769136 and Qualcomm internal bug CR545716

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drivers/mmc/core/debugfs.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate pointers used in read and write operations, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28769136 and Qualcomm internal bug CR545716

Published Jul 11, 2016

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.48%

Description

drivers/mmc/core/debugfs.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate pointers used in read and write operations, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28769136 and Qualcomm internal bug CR545716.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.48% 0.00482

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00482

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.48% (0.00482)	39.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.48% (0.00482)	37.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00069)	18.61th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.11% (0.00106)	44.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 28, 2024	0.11% (0.00106)	43.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.11% (0.00106)	41.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	38.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	36.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (4)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=6ed921bda8cbb505e8654dfc1095185b0bccc38e
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit?id=9bc30c0d1832f7dd5b6fa10d5e48a29025176569
x_refsource_CONFIRM

Link	Providers	Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=6ed921bda8cbb505e8654dfc1095185b0bccc38e		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit?id=9bc30c0d1832f7dd5b6fa10d5e48a29025176569		x_refsource_CONFIRM

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner google_android

Published Jul 11, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved May 31, 2016

Link CVE-2014-9790

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-9790

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-9790