CVE-2011-3918

The Zygote process in Android 4.0.3 and earlier accepts fork requests from processes with arbitrary UIDs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot loop) via a crafted application.

CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.ai-lab.it/merlo/publications/DoSAndroid.pdf
https://code.google.com/p/android-source-browsing/source/detail?repo=platform--system--core&r=e7fd911fd42b

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.2:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2012-10-07 15:55

Updated : 2023-11-07 02:08

NVD link : CVE-2011-3918

Mitre link : CVE-2011-3918

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-3918

JSON object : View

Products Affected

google

android

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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