CVE-2014-9795 — app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted start and size values, aka Android internal bug 28820720 and Qualcomm internal bug CR681957, a related issue to CVE-2014-4325

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app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted start and size values, aka Android internal bug 28820720 and Qualcomm internal bug CR681957, a related issue to CVE-2014-4325

Published Jul 11, 2016

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.58%

Description

app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted start and size values, aka Android internal bug 28820720 and Qualcomm internal bug CR681957, a related issue to CVE-2014-4325.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.58% 0.00584

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

EPSS probability 0.00584

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)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.58% (0.00584)	45.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.58% (0.00584)	43.10th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00071)	18.96th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.11% (0.00110)	45.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	0.11% (0.00110)	44.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.11% (0.00110)	42.47th	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-189

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/lk/commit/?id=ce2a0ea1f14298abc83729f3a095adab43342342
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=fc3b31f81a1c128c2bcc745564a075022cd72a2e
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/lk/commit/?id=ce2a0ea1f14298abc83729f3a095adab43342342		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=fc3b31f81a1c128c2bcc745564a075022cd72a2e		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-2014-9795

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-9795

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-9795