CVE-2014-9801 — Multiple integer overflows in lib/libfdt/fdt_rw.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28822060 and Qualcomm internal bug CR705078

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HIGH

Multiple integer overflows in lib/libfdt/fdt_rw.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28822060 and Qualcomm internal bug CR705078

Published Jul 11, 2016

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.56%

Description

Multiple integer overflows in lib/libfdt/fdt_rw.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28822060 and Qualcomm internal bug CR705078.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.56% 0.00557

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

EPSS probability 0.00557

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	0.56% (0.00557)	44.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.56% (0.00557)	41.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.14% (0.00145)	32.26th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.08% (0.00083)	37.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 22, 2024	0.08% (0.00083)	35.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.08% (0.00083)	33.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00954)	36.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 2, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	34.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	32.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	16.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-189

References (3)

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=cf8f5a105bafda906ccb7f149d1a5b8564ce20c0
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=cf8f5a105bafda906ccb7f149d1a5b8564ce20c0		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-2014-9801

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-9801

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-9801