CVE-2014-9900

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.5%

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

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2016-08-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

google:android
linux:linux_kernel

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=63c317dbee97983004dffdd9f742a20d17150071
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222

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