CVE-2011-3918

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-3918
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerChrome
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-07 15:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Google Android 1.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 1.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 1.5 All All All
Operating System Google Android 1.6 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.2 rev1 All All
Operating System Google Android 2.2.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.2.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.2.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3 rev1 All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.5 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.6 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.7 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2.6 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
e7fd911fd42b - android-source-browsing - Android Source Browsing Test - Google Project Hosting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
Page not found · GitHub Pages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ai-lab.it
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