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

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-08-25T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:34:40.425Z

Reserved: 2014-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-0974

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-0974

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