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CVE-2014-9979
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a variable is uninitialized in a TrustZone system call…
Critical9.8EPSS 0.90%
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- qualcomm
Description
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a variable is uninitialized in a TrustZone system call potentially leading to the compromise of secure memory.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.90% · top 40% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Use of Uninitialized Variable in TrustZone
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-119
Affected products
Qualcomm, Inc. · All Qualcomm products
- affected All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
References (2)
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 99467 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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