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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.

Published

2012-10-07T15:55:01.080

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System google android ≤ 4.0.3 Yes
Operating System google android 1.0 Yes
Operating System google android 1.1 Yes
Operating System google android 1.5 Yes
Operating System google android 1.6 Yes
Operating System google android 2.0 Yes
Operating System google android 2.0.1 Yes
Operating System google android 2.1 Yes
Operating System google android 2.2 Yes
Operating System google android 2.2 Yes
Operating System google android 2.2.1 Yes
Operating System google android 2.2.2 Yes
Operating System google android 2.2.3 Yes
Operating System google android 2.3 Yes
Operating System google android 2.3 Yes
Operating System google android 2.3.1 Yes
Operating System google android 2.3.2 Yes
Operating System google android 2.3.3 Yes
Operating System google android 2.3.4 Yes
Operating System google android 2.3.5 Yes
Operating System google android 2.3.6 Yes
Operating System google android 2.3.7 Yes
Operating System google android 3.0 Yes
Operating System google android 3.1 Yes
Operating System google android 3.2 Yes
Operating System google android 3.2.1 Yes
Operating System google android 3.2.2 Yes
Operating System google android 3.2.4 Yes
Operating System google android 3.2.6 Yes
Operating System google android 4.0 Yes
Operating System google android 4.0.1 Yes
Operating System google android 4.0.2 Yes
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