The boot_linux_from_mmc function in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Little Kernel (LK) bootloader, as distributed with Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not properly validate a certain address value, which allows attackers to write data to a controllable memory location by leveraging the ability to initiate an attempted boot of an arbitrary image.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-08-25T01:00:00

Updated: 2016-07-11T01:57:01

Reserved: 2014-01-07T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2014-0974

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2014-08-25T01:55:03.087

Modified: 2016-07-13T18:27:25.403


Link: CVE-2014-0974

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