VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.35%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.35% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
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
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.