# CVE-2014-9789: The (1) alloc and (2) free APIs in arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/msm\_audio\_ion.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexu

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-07-11 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The (1) alloc and (2) free APIs in arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/msm_audio_ion.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices do not validate parameters, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749392 and Qualcomm internal bug CR556425.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=5720ed5c3a786e3ba0a2428ac45da5d7ec996b4e

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