CVE-2011-3918 | BDVDB-2026-52828 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12012-10-07Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-16Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.