CVE-2011-3918 (GCVE-0-2011-3918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-07 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:44
VLAI
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
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