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CVE-2014-9900 (GCVE-0-2014-9900)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-06 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 14:02
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Summary
The ethtool_get_wol function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28803952 and Qualcomm internal bug CR570754.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-08-01 00:00
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