{
    "id": "CVE-2011-3918",
    "published": "2012-10-07 15:55:01",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:34:09",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-399",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01354",
    "epss_percentile": "0.70822",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:09",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "google",
            "product": "android"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "28957",
            "title": "Android Zygote - Socket and Fork Bomb (Denial of Service)",
            "date": "2013-10-14",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28957"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}