CVE-2011-3918 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.4% (pctl 71)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 1.35% — more likely to be exploited than 71% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-10-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| android |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Android Zygote - Socket and Fork Bomb (Denial of Service) | 2013-10-14 |
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
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