FKIE_CVE-2011-3918

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-10-07 15:55 - Updated: 2026-04-29 01:13
Severity
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.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.ai-lab.it/merlo/publications/DoSAndroid.pdf
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/android-source-browsing/source/detail?repo=platform--system--core&r=e7fd911fd42b
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ai-lab.it/merlo/publications/DoSAndroid.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.google.com/p/android-source-browsing/source/detail?repo=platform--system--core&r=e7fd911fd42b
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google android *
google android 1.0
google android 1.1
google android 1.5
google android 1.6
google android 2.0
google android 2.0.1
google android 2.1
google android 2.2
google android 2.2
google android 2.2.1
google android 2.2.2
google android 2.2.3
google android 2.3
google android 2.3
google android 2.3.1
google android 2.3.2
google android 2.3.3
google android 2.3.4
google android 2.3.5
google android 2.3.6
google android 2.3.7
google android 3.0
google android 3.1
google android 3.2
google android 3.2.1
google android 3.2.2
google android 3.2.4
google android 3.2.6
google android 4.0
google android 4.0.1
google android 4.0.2
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