CVE-2011-3918 Denial of service in n/a
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service reboot loop in Android by exploiting the Zygote process's acceptance of arbitrary UID fork requests via a crafted application.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-3918?
CVE-2011-3918 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 Oct 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3918?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2011-3918?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-3918 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2011-3918 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3918 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wr85-9p6m-8wj8.