CVE-2011-3918 (GCVE-0-2011-3918)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-07 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.ai-lab.it/merlo/publications/DoSAndroid.pdf | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://code.google.com/p/android-source-browsing… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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