CVE-2014-9901 — The Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices makes incorrect snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via crafted frames, aka Android internal bug 28670333 and Qualcomm internal bug CR548711

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The Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices makes incorrect snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via crafted frames, aka Android internal bug 28670333 and Qualcomm internal bug CR548711

Published Aug 5, 2016

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.88%

Description

The Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices makes incorrect snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via crafted frames, aka Android internal bug 28670333 and Qualcomm internal bug CR548711.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.88% 0.00881

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00881

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 2, 2026	0.88% (0.00881)	57.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.88% (0.00881)	54.24th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.51% (0.00510)	64.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.29% (0.00290)	69.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.29% (0.00290)	68.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.29% (0.00290)	64.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (3)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92247
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/commit/?id=637f0f7931dd7265ac1c250dc2884d6389c66bde
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92247		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/commit/?id=637f0f7931dd7265ac1c250dc2884d6389c66bde		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner google_android

Published Aug 5, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 24, 2016

Link CVE-2014-9901

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-9901

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-9901