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CVE-2014-0997 json

WiFiMonitor in Android 4.4.4 as used in the Nexus 5 and 4, Android 4.2.2 as used in the LG D806, Android 4.2.2 as used in the Samsung SM-T3…

published 2017-09-25 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-1027

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.4%
EPSS 6.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

WiFiMonitor in Android 4.4.4 as used in the Nexus 5 and 4, Android 4.2.2 as used in the LG D806, Android 4.2.2 as used in the Samsung SM-T310, Android 4.1.2 as used in the Motorola RAZR HD, and potentially other unspecified Android releases before 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 does not properly handle exceptions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted 802.11 probe response frame.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-35913)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-35913 Android WiFi-Direct - Denial of Service dos, 2015-01-26
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130107/Android-WiFi-Direct-Denial-Of-Service.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/104 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • coresecurity.com https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/android-wifi-direct-denial-service referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-19 Data Processing Errors

References

Sources

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