The Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices makes incorrect snprintf calls, which allows remote attack…

published 2016-08-05 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9706

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices makes incorrect snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via crafted frames, aka Android internal bug 28670333 and Qualcomm internal bug CR548711.

Patch / fix

links 1

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/commit/… commit

Exploit prediction

0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

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	7.8	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

source.codeaurora.org /quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/commit/?id=637f0f7931dd7265ac1c250dc2884d6389c66bde
issue-tracking, patch
source.android.com /security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/92247
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-9901
NVD CVE-2014-9901

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Summary